On average, every week 30 people are hospitalized for an injury due to falling from a bed. Injuries to the hip and thigh in females over 70 years of age are the most common.

Learn more about injuries resulting from falls from beds in October’s Ontario Injury Compass

The October issue of Compass is part of a series of e-reports produced by the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre. Each report focuses on a single injury issue and provides Ontario data broken down by age, sex and region.

Each report also includes prevention tips and a list of additional resources pertaining to the injury topic.

Download the report (in PDF format) or sign up via email at compass@oninjuryresources.ca to automatically receive the reports by email each month.