Table 2 Descriptive statistics of categorical variables
Variable | Level | Males | (%) | Females | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Life status at 30 days | Alive/assumed alive | 58,203 | (89.8) | 165,927 | (93.9) |
Dead | 6608 | (10.2) | 10,708 | (6.1) | |
Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Type of fracture | Intracapsular – displaced | 32,113 | (49.5) | 84,782 | (48.0) |
Intracapsular – undisplaced | 6471 | (10.0) | 17,597 | (10.0) | |
Intertrochanteric | 21,983 | (33.9) | 62,478 | (35.4) | |
Subtrochanteric | 3609 | (5.6) | 10,030 | (5.7) | |
Other | 635 | (1.0) | 1748 | (1.0) | |
Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Admitted from | Hospital | 3717 | (5.7) | 6102 | (3.5) |
Nursing/Rehab/Residential | 11,064 | (17.1) | 37,397 | (21.2) | |
Own home/sheltered housing | 50,030 | (77.2) | 133,136 | (75.4) | |
Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
ASA grade | 1 | 1249 | (1.9) | 3939 | (2.2) |
2 | 14,915 | (23.0) | 52,145 | (29.5) | |
3 | 35,749 | (55.2) | 93,205 | (52.8) | |
4 | 9632 | (14.9) | 18,445 | (10.4) | |
5 | 230 | (0.4) | 427 | (0.2) | |
Missing | 3036 | (4.7) | 8474 | (4.8) | |
Pathology | None | 59,117 | (91.2) | 164,707 | (93.2) |
Malignancy/Yes | 1573 | (2.4) | 1957 | (1.1) | |
Atypical | 358 | (0.6) | 1065 | (0.6) | |
Missing | 3763 | (5.8) | 8906 | (5.0) | |
Pre-operative mobility | Walks without aids | 28,042 | (43.3) | 80,270 | (45.4) |
Walks with aids | 33,814 | (52.2) | 89,108 | (50.4) | |
No functional mobility | 1461 | (2.3) | 3359 | (1.9) | |
Missing | 1494 | (2.3) | 3898 | (2.2) | |
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation team assessment | No | 2690 | (4.2) | 6537 | (3.7) |
Yes | 60,341 | (93.1) | 165,188 | (93.5) | |
Missing | 1780 | (2.7) | 4910 | (2.8) | |
Specialist fall assessment | Yes | 60,012 | (92.6) | 164,352 | (93.0) |
No falls assessment | 4274 | (6.6) | 10,813 | (6.1) | |
Missing | 525 | (0.8) | 1470 | (0.8) | |
Operation type | Bipolar hemi cemented | 6206 | (9.6) | 15,770 | (8.9) |
Bipolar hemi uncemented | 1797 | (2.8) | 4399 | (2.5) | |
THR cemented | 2513 | (3.9) | 7822 | (4.4) | |
THR uncemented | 793 | (1.2) | 2180 | (1.2) | |
Unipolar hemi cemented | 16,976 | (26.2) | 44,773 | (25.3) | |
Unipolar hemi uncemented | 4846 | (7.5) | 12,470 | (7.1) | |
Internal fix: cannulated screw/screw | 2748 | (4.2) | 7896 | (4.5) | |
Internal fix: IM nail | 5949 | (9.2) | 16,043 | (9.1) | |
Internal fix: sliding hip screw | 22,524 | (34.8) | 64,147 | (36.3) | |
No operation performed | 39 | (0.1) | 74 | (0.0) | |
Other | 375 | (0.6) | 963 | (0.5) | |
Missing | 45 | (0.1) | 98 | (0.1) | |
Type of anaesthesia | Spinal | 19,294 | (29.8) | 51,376 | (29.1) |
Spinal + (Epi/NB) | 6336 | (9.8) | 16,095 | (9.1) | |
GA | 14,312 | (22.1) | 38,885 | (22.0) | |
GA + (Epi/NB) | 15,651 | (24.1) | 44,567 | (25.2) | |
Other | 929 | (1.4) | 2714 | (1.5) | |
Missing | 8289 | (12.8) | 22,998 | (13.0) | |
Discharge destination | Dead | 7217 | (11.1) | 11,477 | (6.5) |
Acute hospital | 817 | (1.3) | 1612 | (0.9) | |
Rehab/Residential/Nursing | 25,792 | (39.8) | 77,846 | (44.1) | |
Own home | 30,985 | (47.8) | 85,700 | (48.5) | |
Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
Out of hours discharge | In-hours discharge | 48,685 | (75.1) | 136,958 | (77.5) |
Out-of-hours discharge | 16,126 | (24.9) | 39,677 | (22.5) | |
Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |