We also found that the relative frequency of trauma
and injuries in travelers increased with advancing age,
which may result from age-related decreased sensory,
motor, and perceptual skills.
Deaths were four times more frequent in the older
group compared to the younger one and mainly caused
by infectious diseases which reflects the predominance
of specialized infectious diseases clinics in GeoSentinel
network, when deaths in travelers are usually caused by
trauma and non-communicable diseases