Table 2

Medical-surgical falls, falls with any injury and falls with serious injury frequency and rates

 January 2009–September 2010 January 2015–December 2015Incident rate ratio (95% CI)
Total number of patient days (PDs)75 29342 580
Total number of falls360162
Falls per 1000 PD±SD4.78±0.573.80±0.610.80 (0.66 to 0.96)
Total injured, n (%)76 (21%)26 (16%)
Any injury per 1000 PD±SD1.01±0.260.61±0.150.60 (0.38 to 0.94)
 No injury, n (%)284 (79%)136 (84%)
 Minor injury, n (%)64 (18%)25 (15%)
 Moderate injury, n (%)5 (1%)1 (1%)
 Major injury, n (%)7 (2%)0
Serious injury per 1000 PD±SD0.159±0.0910.023±0.0420.15 (0.01 to 0.85)