Table 2.

Demographic and clinical data by race/ethnicity among patients with hip fracture

	White (n=38,465)	Blacks (n=1,378)	Hispanics (n=478)	Total (n=40,321)
Age in years (means ± SD) *	83.5 ± 7.3	83.4 ± 8.3	82.6 ± 6.5	83.4 ± 7.3
Women (%) †	76.1	72.4	73.0	76.0
Median income (means ± SD) *	43,825 ± 16,356	33,749 ± 12,904	32,900 ± 14,168	43,360 ± 16,367
Comorbidity (%) †
0	45.5	42.7	41.2	44.6
1	26.7	23.6	24.6	26.8
2	14.9	15.1	17.2	15.0
>3	12.8	18.5	17.0	13.6
Type of fractures †
Transcervical fracture	20.6	21.3	16.7	20.6
Pertrochanteric fracture	35.6	32.2	47.7	35.6
Unspecified part of the femoral neck)	43.8	46.4	35.6	43.8
Surgical stabilization (%) †
Internal fixation	61.7	56.8	65.9	61.6
Arthroplasty	38.3	43.2	34.1	38.4
% of patients with surgery performed on †
Day of admission	26.5	20.9	18.8	26.3
1 day after admission day	48.1	41.5	41.6	47.7
2 days after admission day	15.0	20.0	20.1	15.3
3 days and after	10.3	17.6	19.4	10.7

^*P < 0.01 by ANOVA,

^†P < 0.01 by Chi-square.

SD—standard deviation