TY - JOUR T1 - Preventing senior falls requires community approach: CDC resources help health workers create programs that work JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - S3 LP - S3 VL - 47 IS - 5 AU - Kim Krisberg Y1 - 2017/07/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/47/5/S3.2.abstract N2 - In 2014, about 27,000 older Americans died as the result of a fall. The number means falling — which makes up $31 billion in U.S. medical costs every year — is the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among Americans 65 and older. And that number is expected to grow. ER -