Table.

Age, sex, characteristics of injury, and whether analgesia was given to patients in hospital. Values are numbers (%) of ethnic group unless stated otherwise

	White (n=224)	Bangladeshi (n=42)	Other ethnicity (n=18)	Ethnicity not recorded (n=23)
Mean (range) age (years)	33.8 (15-55)	25.9 (15-50)	35.1 (16-55)	33.5 (15-52)
No of male patients	146 (66)	34 (81)	10 (59)	12 (52)
Mechanism of injury:
Fall	148 (67)	31 (76)	11 (69)	16 (70)
Road traffic accident	40 (18)	4 (10)	5 (31)	4 (17)
Assault	5 (2)	4 (10)	0 (0)	1 (4)
Occupational	27 (12)	1 (3)	0 (0)	2 (9)
Bone fractured:
Femur	5 (2)	2 (5)	2 (11)	1 (4)
Humerus	21 (9)	3 (7)	1 (6)	2 (9)
Radius or ulna	113 (50)	25 (60)	5 (28)	12 (52)
Tibia or fibula	85 (38)	12 (29)	10 (56)	8 (35)
Reduction needed	44 (20)	9 (22)	3 (17)	5 (23)
Admitted	81 (36)	13 (31)	7 (39)	8 (35)
Analgesia given	175 (78)	34.0 (81)	14 (78)	20 (87)