Table 1.
Demographics, comorbidities, and rates of injury in an emergency department cohort of patients 65 years and older presenting to the ED with a fall.*
| All Patients | No Injuries | Any Injury | Injury Type: | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fractures | Head Trauma | Skin/Soft Tissue | ||||||||||
| n=263 | n=57 | n=206 | n=117 | n=58 | n=116 | |||||||
| Age | 77 | [8.63] | 78 | [8.43] | 76 | [8.65] | 75 | [8.0] | 76 | [8.6] | 78 | [8.84] |
| Female Gender | 70% | [64-75] | 67% | [53-79] | 71% | [64-77] | 70% | [61-78] | 74% | [61-85] | 72% | [62-80] |
| Race (percent white) | 62% | [56-68] | 60% | [46-72] | 62% | [55-69] | 67% | [57-75] | 72% | [60-83] | 58% | [48-67] |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | 12% | [8.5-17] | 26% | [16-40] | 11% | [7.2-16] | 5% | [2-11] | 14% | [6-25] | 13% | [8-21] |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index | 1.9 | [1.7] | 2.4 | [1.7] | 1.7 | [1.7] | 1.6 | [1.6] | 1.9 | [1.7] | 1.8 | [1.8] |
| Dementia | 19% | [14-24] | 30% | [18-43] | 16% | [11-22] | 12% | [7-19] | 21% | [11-33] | 18% | [11-25] |
| 90 day ED Recidivism | 22% | [17-27] | 23% | [13-36] | 17% | [12-23] | 20% | [13-28] | 36% | [24-50] | 25% | [17-34] |
*
Numbers do not add to total of 263 as some patients fit in multiple categories due to multiple injuries. Percentages are reported with 95% Confidence Intervals and integers as means with standard deviation.