Table 2

Characteristics of individuals with falling accidents (cases) and control individuals from the total elderly population of Scania, Sweden, in 2006

		Men				Women
		Controls		Cases		Controls		Cases
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Marital status
Single		1107	36	1225	40	4827	65	4982	67
Not single		1957	64	1839	60	2591	35	2436	33

Income
High		1090	36	1052	35	1764	24	1700	23
Middle		917	30	985	32	2838	38	2943	40
Low		1057	35	1016	33	2816	38	2749	37

Previous fall during last year
Yes		70	2	294	10	295	4	949	13
No		2994	98	2770	90	7123	96	6469	87

Economic category of the country of origin
High income economies		2917	95	2957	97	7067	95	7157	97
Upper middle income economies		62	2	48	2	168	2	145	2
Lower middle income economies		75	2	52	2	160	2	95	1
Low income economies		6	0	3	0	15	0	12	0

Medication
Opioids (NO2A)	P1^*	7	0	40	1	19	0	99	1
	P2^*	133	4	199	7	416	6	634	9
	P1^+P2^	123	4	262	9	394	5	833	11
Anxiolytics/Hypnotics and Sedatives (NO5B, NO5C)	P1^*	8	0	13	0	38	1	50	1
	P2^*	6	7	225	6	726	10	717	10
	P1^+P2^	390	13	606	20	1457	20	2087	28
Antidepressants (NO6A)	P1^*	1	0	9	0	10	0	12	0
	P2^*	48	2	73	2	230	3	253	3
	P1^+P2^	212	7	396	13	852	12	1550	21
Psychotropic drug^†	P1^*	8	0	36	1	35	1	91	1
	P2^*	257	8	289	9	891	12	854	12
	P1^+P2^	587	19	988	32	2072	28	3234	44

↵* P1, exposed at the time of the fall and 1–7 days before the falling accident; P2, exposed 8–85 days before the falling accident; P1+P2, exposed at the time of the fall and 1–85 days before the falling accident.
↵† Use of at least one psychotropic drug, that is N02A, N05B, N05C and/or N06A.