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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2026

Stage-specific Healthcare Burden of Fall-related Injuries Among Older Adults in Korea.

Minseok Kim, Taekwon Kim, Kyungsub Song, Sang-Hun Lee, Jonghoon Yoo

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Article in Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Minseok KimDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Taekwon KimDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Kyungsub SongDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Sang-Hun LeeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Jonghoon YooDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. wsnatz@gmail.com.

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Objectives: This study aimed to describe the distribution of fall-related injury burden across healthcare stages and age groups in Korea, with particular emphasis on differences between young-old adults (aged 65-74 years) and old-old adults (aged ≥75 years). Methods: Using the 14th Korea National Injury Statistics Report (2022), we analyzed data on fall-related injuries from 5 national sources: the 119 Emergency Medical Services Registry, the National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS), the Korea National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Survey, the Severe Trauma Survey, and cause-of-death statistics. Five age groups (0-6, 7-18, 19-64, 65-74, and ≥75 years) were defined according to the original classifications used in the data sources. Age-specific crude rates were calculated using mid-year population denominators from Statistics Korea. Results: Emergency department (ED) visit rates were highest among children aged 0-6 years (2312/100 000) and adults aged ≥75 years (2121/100 000). Despite comparable ED visit rates, the within-NEDIS ED admission rate increased from 2.6% among children aged 0-6 years to 42.9% among adults aged ≥75 years. The hospitalization rate among adults aged ≥75 years (4852/100 000) was 2.6 times higher than that among adults aged 65-74 years (1832/100 000). Among adults aged ≥75 years, the mortality rate was 32.5/100 000, and this age group accounted for 45.4% of all fall-related deaths. Conclusions: Fall-related injury burden among adults aged ≥75 years was disproportionately concentrated at the hospitalization and mortality stages. These findings suggest that fall prevention strategies for aging populations should consider the downstream burden beyond ED visits.

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Accidental FallsWounds and InjuriesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsChildChild, PreschoolEmergency Room VisitsEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHospitalizationHumansInfantInfant, NewbornAccidental fallsAgedHospitalizationKoreaMortalityWounds and injuries

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PMCPMC13469901

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