{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["GBD US Health Disparities Collaborators"],"funding":["National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases","Office of Disease Prevention","NICHD NIH HHS","National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute","National Cancer Institute","National Institutes of Health","National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities","National Institute on Aging","Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research"],"pagination":["e539-e550"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11486495"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Fall-related mortality has increased rapidly over the past two decades in the USA, but the extent to which mortality varies across racial and ethnic populations, counties, and age groups is not well understood. The aim of this study was to estimate age-standardised mortality rates due to falls by racial and ethnic population, county, and age group over a 20-year period.<h4>Methods</h4>Redistribution methods for insufficient cause of death codes and validated small-area estimation methods were applied to death registration data from the US National Vital Statistics System and population data from the US National Center for Health Statistics to estimate annual fall-related mortality. Estimates from 2000 to 2019 were stratified by county (n=3110) and five mutually exclusive"],"journal":["The Lancet. Public health"],"pubmed_title":["Mortality due to falls by county, age group, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000-19: a systematic analysis of health disparities."],"pmcid":["PMC11486495"],"funding_grant_id":["75N94019C00016","75N94023C00004"],"pubmed_authors":["Schmidt C","Sylte DO","Mensah GA","Kendrick P","Rodriquez EJ","Murray CJL","Brown C","GBD US Health Disparities Collaborators","Kelly YO","Mokdad AH","Dwyer-Lindgren L","Perez-Stable EJ","George SM","Hay SI","Bandiera FC","Baumann MM","Kahn E","Simonsick EM","Compton K","Daoud F","Strassle PD","Moberg M","Li Z","Ong KL","La Motte-Kerr W"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mortality due to falls by county, age group, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000-19: a systematic analysis of health disparities.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Fall-related mortality has increased rapidly over the past two decades in the USA, but the extent to which mortality varies across racial and ethnic populations, counties, and age groups is not well understood. The aim of this study was to estimate age-standardised mortality rates due to falls by racial and ethnic population, county, and age group over a 20-year period.<h4>Methods</h4>Redistribution methods for insufficient cause of death codes and validated small-area estimation methods were applied to death registration data from the US National Vital Statistics System and population data from the US National Center for Health Statistics to estimate annual fall-related mortality. Estimates from 2000 to 2019 were stratified by county (n=3110) and five mutually exclusive","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Aug","modification":"2026-03-17T15:29:53.433Z","creation":"2025-08-16T03:06:55.979Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11486495","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39095132"],"doi":["10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00122-1","10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00122-1"]}}