Seniors' falls in Nova Scotia

We would also like to acknowledge the assistance and guidance of the Alberta Centre for Injury Research and Control, the British Columbia Ministry of Health, and the Public Health Agency of Canada. [...] These data were used to identify Nova Scotia residents hospitalized for injury-related reasons (including falls) and to provide information about the nature of fall-related hospitalizations (e.g., time and location of fall, anatomic site injured as a result of fall, length of fall-related hospital stay). [...] The rate of fall-related hospitalizations was calculated by dividing the number of fall-related hospital admissions by the number of seniors at risk. [...] The rate of fall-related deaths was calculated by dividing the number of fall-related deaths by the number of seniors at risk (see example). [...] The range and quartiles for median household income was computed for each DHA, and then seniors were assigned to either the first, second, third, or fourth quartile for their particular DHA on the basis of the DA in which they lived.