Perfil epidemiológico de óbitos por quedas em idosos no estado do Paraná de 2010 à 2020.

Abstract

The independent life of old people it is very challenging for many factors, which falls are particularly protruding. To analyze the mortality tax in deaths cause by falls in old people in the age of 60 at 80 years old. method: Cross-sectional epidemiological study, descriptive and retrospective, based on official secondary datas about the death of population in the state of Paraná, Brazil, over 60 years old, related at falls, according to the information’s from the death statements of the “Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde”. The mortality on the studied period suffered oscillations. It was observed that both woman and man had grown tendencies, however in the age group of ≥80 years old, the tendency of mortality was bigger in the women. It was possible to analysis that studies like these it is considerable to bring on the mortality rates to the health professionals once this can influence on the creation of strategies to aware the population about the prevention of falls and consequently the death reduction.