Table 2 Differences in place and cause of fracture between neck and trochanteric fractures in each age group
Age group, y | 65–74 | 74–84 | ≥85 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neck fracture | Trochanteric fracture | Neck fracture | Trochanteric fracture | Neck fracture | Trochanteric fracture | ||
No. of hip fractures | 209 | 137 | 589 | 577 | 548 | 892 | |
Neck-to-trochanteric fracture ratio | 1.53 | 1.02 | 0.61 | ||||
Place of injury, n (%) | |||||||
Indoors | 113 (54.1) | 78 (56.9) | 380 (64.5) | 405 (70.2) | 428 (78.1) | 700 (78.5) | |
Outdoors | 83 (39.7) | 57 (41.6) | 166 (28.2) | 150 (26.0) | 73 (13.3) | 155 (17.4) | |
Not indicated | 13 (6.2) | 2 (1.5) | 43 (7.3) | 22 (3.8) | 47 (8.6) | 37 (4.1) | |
Cause of injury, n (%) | |||||||
In bed | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 5 (0.8) | 2 (0.3) | 9 (1.6) | 6 (0.7) | |
Simple fall | 138 (66.0) | 99 (72.3) | 450 (76.4) | 465 (80.6) | 406 (74.1) | 743 (83.3) | |
Fall on stairs | 11 (5.3) | 3 (2.2) | 23 (3.9) | 27 (4.7) | 20 (3.6) | 31 (3.5) | |
Traffic accident | 34 (16.3) | 28 (20.4) | 45 (7.6) | 44 (7.6) | 24 (4.4) | 38 (4.3) | |
Could not be recalled | 4 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.7) | 4 (0.7) | 10 (1.8) | 12 (1.3) | |
Unknown* | 21 (10.0) | 6 (4.4) | 62 (10.5) | 35 (6.1) | 79 (14.4) | 62 (7.0) | |