Table 1 Baseline characteristics of hip fracture patients treated in England, Wales and Northern Ireland during 2018–2019, as recorded in the National Hip Fracture Database

Total

124,960

100

68,851

55

56,109

45

Year

2018

61,869

50

33,603

49

28,266

50

− 0.029

2019

63,091

50

35,248

51

27,843

50

Age (continuous)^a

− 0.012

Age groups

60–69 years

10,937

9

6161

9

4776

9

70–79 years

29,250

23

15,733

23

13,517

24

80–89 years

56,469

45

31,299

45

25,170

45

90+ years

28,304

23

15,658

23

12,646

23

Sex

Female

88,436

71

48,807

71

39,629

71

0.007

Male

36,524

29

20,044

29

16,480

29

Fracture type

Intracapsular

72,704

58

38,562

56

34,142

61

− 0.098

Extracapsular, including other

52,137

42

30,196

44

21,941

39

Missing

119

<1

93

<1

26

<1

Pathology

No malignancy

119,033

95

65,473

95

53,560

95

− 0.006

Malignancy present

1478

1

833

1

645

1

Missing

4449

4

2545

4

1904

3

Region

East Midlands

8808

7

4241

6

4567

8

0.035

East of England

13,887

11

8777

13

5110

9

London

10,926

9

6379

9

4547

8

North East

6887

6

3403

5

3484

6

North West

15,897

13

9045

13

6852

12

Northern Ireland

4009

3

1322

2

2687

5

South Central

8101

6

4885

7

3216

6

South East

10,812

9

4588

7

6224

11

South West

14,058

11

8,683

13

5,375

10

Wales

7691

6

4657

7

3,034

5

West Midlands

12,076

10

7603

11

4,473

8

Yorkshire and the Humber

11,808

9

5268

8

6540

12

Admission source

Own home/sheltered housing

102,292

82

54,868

80

47,424

85

− 0.031

Nursing care

8994

7

5457

8

3537

6

Residential care

13,611

11

8488

12

5123

9

Missing

63

<1

38

<1

25

<1

ASA physical status

ASA 1 or 2

28,940

23

14,961

22

13,979

25

− 0.093

ASA 3

71,734

57

39,666

58

32,068

57

ASA 4 or 5

22,341

18

12,979

19

9362

17

Missing

1945

2

1245

2

700

1

Preinjury mobility

Freely mobile without aids

45,388

36

23,970

35

21,418

38

− 0.097

Mobile outdoors with one aid or two aids or frame

46,228

37

25,326

37

20,902

37

Some indoor mobility but never goes out, or no functional mobility

32,207

26

18,827

27

13,380

24

Missing

1137

1

728

1

409

1

Pre-operative cognitive state (Abbreviated Mental Test Score)

0–7

43,690

35

26,202

38

17,488

31

0.15

8–10

75,834

61

39,738

58

36,096

64

Missing

5436

4

2911

4

2525

5

Operation type

Hemiarthroplasty

55,176

44

29,661

43

25,515

45

0.07

Total hip replacement

10,030

8

4709

7

5321

9

Internal fixation—cannulated screws

3291

3

1817

3

1474

3

Internal fixation—intramedullary nail

17,783

14

10,929

16

6854

12

Internal fixation—sliding hip screw

38,402

31

21,564

31

16,838

30

Other/missing

278

<1

171

<1

107

<1

Grade of surgeon

Consultant

87,934

70

48,032

70

39,902

71

− 0.022

Other

36,714

29

20,617

30

16,097

29

Missing

312

<1

202

<1

110

<1

Grade of anaesthetist

Consultant

106,803

85

59,107

86

47,696

85

0.039

Other

16,712

13

8805

13

7863

14

Missing

1444

1

894

1

550

1

Time to theatre from admission^b

0.008

Time to theatre from admission ≥36 hours

Yes

37,908

30

20,734

30

17,174

31

0.008

No

87,052

70

48,117

70

38,935

69

Nerve block in the Emergency Department or the ward before arrival in theatre suite

Yes

60,848

49

32,713

48

28,135

50

0.058

No

58,930

47

33,295

48

25,635

46

Missing

5182

4

2843

4

2339

4