Fall incidence in Germany: results of two population-based studies, and comparison of retrospective and prospective falls data collection methods

Table 2 Incidence rates of ‘recurrent falls’ in participants of the German health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS1) and the Activity and Function of the Elderly in Ulm study (ActiFE-Ulm)

	Database: DEGS1		Database: ActiFE Ulm
		Retrospective assessment (12 months)			Prospective assessment (12 months)
Age (years)	Number of participants	Incidence rate of recurrent falls^†	Number of participants	Incidence rate of recurrent falls^†	Incidence rate of recurrent falls^†
Women
65- < 70	400	10.4 (7.2-14.8)	162	8.0 (4.3-13.3)	12.7 (7.9-18.9)
70- < 75	414	10.8 (7.6-15.0)	183	11.5 (7.2-17.0)	8.8 (5.1-14.0)
75- < 80	199	9.7 (5.9-15.4)	110	10.9 (5.8-18.3)	14.1 (8.1-22.2)
80- < 85	-	-	86	23.3 (14.8-33.6)	17.5 (9.9-27.6)
85- < 90	-	-	59	8.5 (2.8-18.7)	20.1 (10.1-33.9)
Total*
65- < 80	1013	10.4 (8.3-12.9)	455	10.2 (8.5-11.8)	11.6 (9.9-13.2)
65- < 90	-	-	600	11.9 (10.8-13.1)	13.7 (12.5-14.9)
Men
65- < 70	395	5.6 (2.8-10.9)	170	7.1 (3.7-12.0)	8.4 (4.7-13.7)
70- < 75	398	6.1 (3.8-9.7)	240	8.8 (5.5-13.1)	10.5 (6.9-15.3)
75- < 80	180	6.6 (3.5-12.3)	111	9.9 (5.1-17.0)	8.5 (4.0-15.5)
80- < 85	-	-	203	12.3 (8.1-17.6)	13.9 (9.4-19.6)
85- < 90	-	-	64	25.0 (15.0-37.4)	24.2 (13.9-37.2)
Total*
65- < 80	973	6.1 (4.3-8.5)	521	8.4 (7.1-9.8)	9.3 (7.8-10.7)
65- < 90	-	-	788	10.1 (9.2-11.1)	10.9 (9.9-12.0)

*Incidences weighted according to the age distribution of the German standard population (2010).
^†%/person-year; 95% confidence interval.
^†recurrent fallers/100-person-years exposure; 95% confidence interval.

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