Prevalence and Risk Factors for Fall among Rural Elderly: A County-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 1

Comparison of the rate of falls between the genders and ages in a rural elderly population.

	Total (N, %)	Fall (N, %)		P-value
		Yes	No
Total	3752	610	3142
Age (y)
65–74	2431 (64.8)	373 (15.3%)	2058 (84.7%)	0.016
75–84	1122 (29.9)	211 (18.8%)	911 (81.2%)
≥85	199 (5.3)	26 (13.1%)	173 (86.9%)
Sex
Male	1673 (44.6)	206 (12.3%)	1467 (87.7%)	≤0.001
Female	2079 (55.4)	404 (19.4%)	1675 (80.6%)

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