Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Variable	Fracture type
	Hip (n = 116)	Vertebral (n = 144)	NHNV (n = 856)	Total (n = 1,116)
Age group
50–64	8 (6.5)	16 (11.1)	218 (25.5)	242 (21.6)
65–74	24 (21.0)	36 (25.0)	270 (31.5)	330 (29.5)
75–84	47 (40.6)	64 (44.4)	293 (34.2)	404 (36.2)
>85	37 (31.9)	28 (19.5)	75 (8.80)	140 (12.5)
Gender
Men	17 (14.6)	9 (6.2)	183 (21.4)	209 (18.7)
Women	99 (85.4)	135 (93.8)	673 (78.6)	907 (81.2)
No. of previous fractures
0	45 (38.8)	58 (40.3)	295 (34.5)	398 (35.6)
1	32 (27.6)	45 (31.2)	287 (33.5)	364 (32.6)
2 or more	39 (33.6)	41 (28.5)	274 (32.0)	354 (31.7)
Urban/rural residence
Urban	101 (87.1)	132 (91.6)	802 (93.7)	1035 (92.7)
Rural	15 (12.9)	12 (8.3)	54 (6.3)	81 (7.2)
Living status
Alone	45 (38.8)	52 (36.1)	348 (40.6)	445 (39.9)
Not alone	71 (61.2)	92 (63.9)	508 (59.4)	671 (60.1)