The prevalence of acute injuries in elderly and old people: an overview of the problem

Over the past few decades, the demographic situation in the world characterized by a progressive increase in the number of elderly and old people in the population of almost all developed countries. It should also be noted that over the past 60 years the average life expectancy increased from 48 years (early 1950-ies) to 68 years (the first decade of the 21st century). The percentage of the number of people over the age of 60 years in 1950, was 8%, in 2015 this figure was 11%, experts predict that in 2050 it will be 22%. Each year, the proportion of elderly population increased by 2.6 %.Because the injury is an actual problem for the elderly, there is an actual problem in the analysis of the reasons for the prevalence of injuries among them for timely adoption of organizational and preventive measures.