The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes several Fall Safety pages that provide valuable insight into the frequency of slip and fall accidents:
Each year, 800,000 Americans undergo hospitalization due to falls, often for head injuries and hip fractures.
Eight thousand American children receive fall-related emergency treatment each day.
Each year, 28 percent of adults 65 and older report falls.
Among those 65 and older, falls produce more fatal and nonfatal injuries than any other cause.
Children younger than 19 sustain more non-fatal injuries from falls than from any other cause.