A nurse explains that older adults account for a large percentage of the total deaths resulting from falls. What is this percentage?
a. 13%
b. 27%
c. 40%
d. 72%
D
Older adults constitute only 12% to 13% of the total U.S. population, but they account for 72% of the total deaths resulting from falls.
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