Table 1.

Hospital and population comparison between Denver, CO, USA, and Shijiazhuang, China

Variable	Denver Health Medical Center, USA	Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China
City population	0.64 million	2.24 million
State population	5.22 million	72.41 million
Number of trauma centers in the city	3 (Level I)*	4 (Level III)*
Number of patient beds in hospital	500	1800
Number of orthopaedic trauma patient beds	40	180
Number of orthopaedic traumatologists (fellowship trained)	4	12

* The trauma center designation of Level I in the USA is equivalent to Level III in China.