意外跌倒已成为65岁以上老年人群的第一死因。根据上海市疾病预防控制中心的监测数据显示,2010年本市户籍人口中因跌倒致死的有1983人,其中65岁以上的老年人占87.1%,粗死亡率达77.9/10万,相当于每天有4.7个老年人因跌倒而死亡。 Accidental falls have become the first cause of death in the elderly population over the age of 65. According to the monitoring data of the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 1983 people who fell due to falls in the city’s household registration in 2010, of whom 87.1% were over 65 years of age, and the crude death rate was 77.9/10 million, equivalent to daily 4.7 elderly people died of falls.