ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 72 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Kamil E. Barbour1, Louise Murphy2, Kristina A. Theis3, Charles G. Helmick4, Jennifer Hootman5 and Judy A. Stevens6, 1Arthritis Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA, 2Division of Population Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 3Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, Georgia, 4National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 5Population Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 6Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Falls are the leading cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality among older adults (age ≥65 years), with more than one in three falling each…