我国在1999年已进入老龄化社会,1995和1996年WHO统计年鉴中中国60岁以上的城市居民和60~74岁农村人口中跌倒死亡率均位居前列[1]。为了解当前老年人群对跌倒自我认知现状,以便为今后老年跌倒健康教育和健康促进提供依据,为此,从2003年6月至10月,对福州市4个干休所的435位离退休 China has entered an aging society in 1999. In the 1995 and 1996 WHO Statistical Yearbooks, China’s urban residents aged over 60 years old and 60-74-year-old rural residents have the highest mortality rates among the country [1]. In order to understand the current status of the elderly group on falling self-cognition in order to provide a basis for falling health education and health promotion in the elderly in the future, from June to October 2003, 435 people retired from 4 retired places in Fuzhou City.