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Table 2 Inpatient service days for fall-related hospitalizations (frequency and percentage out of total service days for all causes of admission in each group)

From: Hospitalization of unintentional fall injuries in Kuwait: a national database study

 

Malen (%)

Femalen (%)

Totaln (%)

Total hospitalizations for all causes of admission

877,442 (100)

769,608 (100)

1,647,050 (100)

Total fall-related hospitalizations

39,207 (4.5)

21,933 (2.8)

61,140 (3.7)

Fall-related hospitalizations per age group (years)a

 0–12

3437 (2.0)

2277 (1.6)

5714 (1.9)

 13–64

31,455 (5.3)

12,149 (2.4)

43,604 (4.0)

  Kuwaiti

4,541 (1.8)

4,073 (1.9)

8,614 (1.8)

  Non-Kuwaiti

26,914 (8.1)

8,076 (2.9)

34,990 (5.7)

 65+

4315 (3.6)

7507 (5.6)

11,822 (4.6)

  1. aPercentage of fall-related inpatient service days for a subgroup = \( \frac{inpatient\kern0.17em service\kern0.17em days\;\mathrm{attributed}\kern0.17em \mathrm{to}\kern0.17em \mathrm{falls}\;\mathrm{as}\;\mathrm{the}\kern0.17em \mathrm{cause}\kern0.17em \mathrm{of}\kern0.17em \mathrm{admission}\; in\;a\; subgroup}{total\kern0.17em inpatient\kern0.17em service\kern0.17em days\; due\; to\; all\; causes\kern0.17em of\kern0.17em admission\kern0.17em in\kern0.17em the\kern0.17em samesubgroup}\times 100 \)