Table 2 Prevalence of falls and injuries with background characteristics among older people aged 60 and above years, India, (LASI),2017-18.
From: Linkages of quality of life with falls and injuries among older people in India
Characteristics | Falls | Injuries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No fall | Minor fall | Major fall | p-value | No Injury | Injury | p-value | |
Age group | |||||||
60–64 Years | 84.8 | 3.5 | 11.7 | < 0.001 | 88.1 | 11.9 | < 0.001 |
65–69 Years | 84.1 | 3.5 | 12.4 | 87.3 | 12.7 | ||
70–74 Years | 82.4 | 4.4 | 13.2 | 85.0 | 15.0 | ||
75 + Years | 81.5 | 4.7 | 13.8 | 84.6 | 15.4 | ||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 86.1 | 3.2 | 10.7 | < 0.001 | 88.8 | 11.3 | < 0.001 |
Female | 80.9 | 4.6 | 14.4 | 84.4 | 15.6 | ||
Place of residence | |||||||
Rural | 82.7 | 4.0 | 13.3 | < 0.001 | 85.8 | 14.2 | < 0.001 |
Urban | 84.9 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 88.1 | 11.9 | ||
Level of education | |||||||
Illiterate (0 year) | 82.8 | 4.3 | 12.9 | < 0.001 | 86.0 | 14.0 | < 0.001 |
Less than 5 years | 81.5 | 4.9 | 13.6 | 85.1 | 14.9 | ||
5–9 years completed | 85.6 | 3.0 | 11.5 | 88.1 | 11.9 | ||
10 years or more | 86.2 | 2.3 | 11.5 | 88.8 | 11.2 | ||
Marital status | |||||||
Currently married | 85.4 | 3.2 | 11.4 | < 0.001 | 88.1 | 11.9 | < 0.001 |
Widowed | 79.7 | 5.4 | 15.0 | 83.5 | 16.5 | ||
Others | 89.4 | 1.8 | 8.8 | 92.1 | 8.0 | ||
Region | |||||||
North | 88.0 | 2.8 | 9.2 | < 0.001 | 91.1 | 8.9 | < 0.001 |
Central | 82.1 | 3.9 | 14.0 | 85.3 | 14.7 | ||
East | 77.5 | 5.2 | 17.4 | 80.5 | 19.5 | ||
North-east | 92.5 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 93.6 | 6.4 | ||
West | 83.8 | 4.2 | 11.9 | 86.5 | 13.5 | ||
South | 86.0 | 3.4 | 10.5 | 89.6 | 10.4 | ||
Caste | |||||||
Scheduled Caste | 80.8 | 4.7 | 14.6 | < 0.001 | 85.2 | 14.8 | < 0.001 |
Scheduled Tribe | 87.0 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 88.6 | 11.4 | ||
Other Backward Classes | 84.2 | 3.9 | 11.9 | 86.6 | 13.4 | ||
Others | 82.7 | 3.7 | 13.6 | 86.6 | 13.4 | ||
Living arrangements | |||||||
Living alone | 80.6 | 6.5 | 12.9 | < 0.001 | 84.2 | 15.8 | < 0.001 |
Living with spouse | 85.4 | 3.2 | 11.4 | 88.1 | 12.0 | ||
Living with other but not spouse | 80.2 | 4.9 | 14.9 | 84.0 | 16.0 | ||
Work status | |||||||
Currently working | 84.9 | 3.1 | 12.0 | < 0.001 | 88.2 | 11.8 | < 0.001 |
Ever worked but not currently | 83.4 | 4.4 | 12.3 | 86.5 | 13.5 | ||
Never Worked | 81.6 | 4.3 | 14.1 | 84.6 | 15.4 | ||
MPCE wealth quintile | |||||||
Poorest | 85.0 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 0.001 | 87.4 | 12.6 | 0.055 |
Poorer | 83.5 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 87.1 | 12.9 | ||
Middle | 83.5 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 86.5 | 13.5 | ||
Richer | 84.0 | 4.2 | 11.9 | 86.7 | 13.3 | ||
Richest | 80.3 | 2.9 | 16.9 | 84.3 | 15.7 | ||
Multimorbidity | |||||||
No morbidity | 85.7 | 3.5 | 10.8 | < 0.001 | 88.1 | 11.9 | < 0.001 |
One morbidity | 82.9 | 4.5 | 12.7 | 86.2 | 13.8 | ||
2 + morbidity | 79.2 | 4.2 | 16.6 | 83.5 | 16.5 | ||
Total | 83.4 | 4.0 | 12.7 | 86.5 | 13.5 | ||
