Previous Next Statistics and Sources: CDC Falling Fact Sheet Do Only the Very Old Fall? TABLE 1. Percentages and rates* of falls and fall injuries† in the preceding 12 months reported by adults aged ≥65 years (N = 147,319), by selected characteristics — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2014 As you age, though, you are more likely to have a FATAL fall WISQARS - Explore fatal injury data visualization tool Women and men fall at about the same rate (See table above)
