Table 3 Descriptive Data for EMS Encounters for Fall Injuries by EMS-Reported Location
| Â | EMS reported location of the patient | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indoors | Outdoors, not on a street or sidewalk N (%) | Outdoors, on a street or sidewalk N (%) | Indeterminant for indoor vs. outdoor status N (%) | Not recorded N (%) | |
Total N | 1,596,860 | 23,586 | 129,408 | 53,700 | 51,355 |
Age Group | |||||
 < 21 | 90,329 (6) | 6835 (29) | 8998 (7) | 9061 (17) | 2916 (6) |
21–29 | 44,162 (3) | 1924 (8) | 11,188 (9) | 4148 (8) | 1542 (3) |
30–39 | 59,163 (4) | 2025 (9) | 13,544 (10) | 4418 (8) | 1919 (4) |
40–49 | 76,151 (5) | 2066 (9) | 14,181 (11) | 4595 (9) | 2273 (4) |
50–64 | 263,794 (17) | 4414 (19) | 36,433 (28) | 11,607 (22) | 7405 (14) |
65 +  | 1,058,803 (66) | 6233 (26) | 44,286 (34) | 19,756 (37) | 35,056 (68) |
Not Recorded | 4458 (< 1) | 89 (< 1) | 778 (1) | 115 (< 1) | 244 (< 1) |
Sex of patient | |||||
Male | 644,727 (40) | 12,413 (53) | 74,707 (58) | 26,950 (50) | 21,222 (41) |
Female | 946,122 (59) | 11,067 (47) | 54,077 (42) | 26,525 (49) | 29,639 (58) |
Not Recorded | 6011 (< 1) | 106 (< 1) | 624 (< 1) | 225 (< 1) | 494 (1) |
Race and ethnicity of patient | |||||
American Indian or Alaska Native | 7163 (< 1) | 83 (< 1) | 601 (< 1) | 261 (< 1) | 201 (< 1) |
Asian | 10,363 (1) | 164 (1) | 898 (1) | 330 (1) | 295 (1) |
Black or African American | 174,202 (11) | 2568 (11) | 14,188 (11) | 5832 (11) | 4951 (10) |
Hispanic or Latin | 61,489 (4) | 958 (4) | 5024 (4) | 2105 (4) | 1768 (3) |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2229 (< 1) | 35 (< 1) | 169 (< 1) | 80 (< 1) | 78 (< 1) |
White | 493,615 (31) | 7262 (31) | 40,278 (31) | 15,959 (30) | 14,773 (29) |
Mixed Race | 1103 (< 1) | 19 (< 1) | 73 (< 1) | 48 (< 1) | 27 (< 1) |
Not Recorded | 846,696 (53) | 12,497 (53) | 68,177 (53) | 29,085 (54) | 29,262 (57) |
South, North or West Census Divisions | |||||
North | 441,323 (28) | 7428 (31) | 35,878 (28) | 25,824 (48) | 10,977 (21) |
South | 730,329 (46) | 10,746 (46) | 51,076 (39) | 13,826 (26) | 32,832 (64) |
Pacific or Mountain | 424,827 (27) | ,395 (23) | 42,429 (33) | 14,041 (26) | 7522 (15) |
Not Recorded | 381 (< 1) | 17 (< 1) | 25 (< 1) | 9 (< 1) | 24 (< 1) |
Urbanicity | |||||
Urban | 1,320,032 (83) | 18,514 (78) | 114,541 (89) | 47,269 (88) | 46,307 (90) |
Suburban | 90,674 (6) | 1349 (6) | 4719 (4) | 1783 (3) | 1927 (4) |
Rural | 109,808 (7) | 2127 (9) | 5342 (4) | 2328 (4) | 1606 (3) |
Wilderness | 29,453 (2) | 700 (3) | 1600 (1) | 997 (2) | 223 (< 1) |
Not Recorded | 46,893 (3) | 896 (4) | 3206 (2) | 1323 (2) | 1292 (3) |