Reasons for nonuse among elderly adults in the U.S. with a mobility aid 2015

This statistic shows reasons elderly U.S. adults who owned a cane or walker and had fallen didn't always use their mobility device, according to a survey published in May 2015. It was found that 37 percent of elderly respondents with a mobility device who had fallen said they didn't always use their device because they hold onto other things, such as furniture or walls.