Table 2.
Characteristics of patients sustaining and not sustaining orthopaedic injuries in the National Health Interview Survey dataset
| Variable | All survey respondents (n = 239,168) | Individuals reporting fractures | |
| No (n = 237,769) | Yes (n = 1399) | ||
| Age in years | |||
| 65 and above | 19 (44,964) | 19 (44,580) | 27 (384) |
| 45-64 | 34 (82,441) | 34 (81,969) | 34 (472) |
| 18-44 | 47 (111,763) | 47 (111,220) | 39 (543) |
| Race or ethnicitya | |||
| White | 66 (157,707) | 66 (156,633) | 77 (1074) |
| Black | 12 (27,839) | 12 (27,692) | 11 (147) |
| Hispanic | 15 (35,852) | 15 (35,715) | 10 (137) |
| Other | 7 (17,770) | 7 (17,729) | 3 (41) |
| Women | 52 (123,913) | 52 (123,117) | 57 (796) |
| US citizenship | 92 (219,987) | 92 (218,624) | 97 (1363) |
| US-born | 82 (197,027) | 82 (195,749) | 91 (1278) |
| Under 200% federal poverty threshold | 35 (84,474) | 35 (83,938) | 38 (536) |
| Uninsured | 17 (40,946) | 17 (40,755) | 14 (191) |
| Single | 47 (112,839) | 47 (112,072) | 55 (767) |
| No college | 70 (166,748) | 70 (165,721) | 73 (1027) |
| Injury mechanism | |||
| Other | 46 (644) | ||
| Fall | 47 (663) | ||
| Motor vehicle collision | 6 (77) | ||
| Pedestrian struck by vehicle | 1 (15) | ||
| Injury region | |||
| Other | 19 (267) | ||
| Lower extremity | 43 (596) | ||
| Spine | 5 (73) | ||
| Upper extremity | 33 (463) | ||
| Treated in emergency room | 64 (893) | ||
| Admitted to hospitalb | 18 (257) | ||
| Days of missed work | |||
| Less than 1 | 23 (316) | ||
| 1 or more | 28 (386) | ||
| Unemployed | 50 (697) | ||
| Tobacco smoking status | |||
| Never | 61 (146,395) | 61 (145,702) | 50 (693) |
| Current | 17 (39,893) | 17 (39,562) | 24 (331) |
| Former | 22 (52,880) | 22 (52,505) | 27 (375) |
| Weekly alcohol use | |||
| None | 35 (84,235) | 35 (83,715) | 37 (520) |
| 3 units or fewer | 56 (135,058) | 56 (134,287) | 55 (771) |
| 4 units or more | 8 (19,875) | 8 (19,767) | 8 (108) |
Data are presented as % (n).
a
All racial and ethnic data were self-reported by survey respondents following the classification scheme used by the United States Census Bureau.
b
Indicates response to the survey question “Were you hospitalized for at least one night as a result of this injury?”