CDC STEADI Fall-Risk Screening Algorithm
CDC STEADI fall-risk screening algorithm: key screening questions (fell past year, feels unsteady, worries about falling) stratifying to low / moderate / high fall risk.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Fell Past Year
- Yes
- Number Of Falls
- 2
- Fall With Injury
- No
- Feels Unsteady
- No
- Worries About Falling
- No
- Gait Balance Problem
- No
Result: High fall risk — driven by recurrent falls.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- low
- Negative screen — no fall, not unsteady, no worry.
- moderate
- Positive screen without recurrent/injurious falls or a gait/balance problem.
- high
- Recurrent or injurious fall, or a gait/strength/balance problem.
What you enter
- Fell Past Year
- Number Of Falls
- Fall With Injury
- Feels Unsteady
- Worries About Falling
- Gait Balance Problem
How this is calculated
Stevens JA, Phelan EA. Development of STEADI: a fall prevention resource for health care providers. Health Promot Pract. 2013;14(5):706-714. CDC STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries) fall-risk algorithm. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.