Fatal injuries increase in older Americans

Monday, April 5, 2010 - 16:07 in Health & Medicine

The risk of dying from injuries is increasing for Americans ages 65 and older according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy. The report found significant increases in death rates from falls, machinery, motorcycle crashes and unintentional poisoning.

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