Table 2.

Data collected from the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) in regard to 30-day mortality after hip fracture

Author	Year	No of patients	30-day mortality rate (%)
NHFD	2013	64,838	8.02
NHFD	2012	61,508	8.2
NHFD	2011	53,879	8.5
NHFD	2010	54,129	8.8
NHFD	2009	53,427	9.2
NHFD	2008	52,600	10.4
NHFD	2007	52,435	10.9
NHFD	2006	50,732	11.3
NHFD	2005	51,408	11.4
NHFD	2004	50,995	11.0
NHFD	2003	51,985	11.5

As noted there is a continuous decrease in the 30-day mortality rate