Patients admitted to KCH for femoral fracture from 2009 through 2014
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients admitted with fractures, n | 365 | 494 | 829 | 681 | 697 | 713 | 3,779 |
| Femoral fractures, n | 95 | 118 | 204 | 156 | 199 | 220 | 992 |
| Death declared in casualty, n (%) | 6 (6.3) | 4 (3.4) | 6 (2.9) | 4 (2.6) | 11 (5.5) | 8 (3.6) | 39 (3.9) |
| Discharged from casualty | 11 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 83 |
| Admitted femoral fractures | 77 | 95 | 184 | 145 | 174 | 191 | 866 |
| Female patients | |||||||
| n (%) | 13 (17) | 26 (27) | 44 (24) | 50 (35) | 51 (29) | 57 (30) | 241 (28) |
| mean (SD) age | 42 (18) | 50 (21) | 52 (25) | 59 (21) | 56 (19) | 54 (22) | 54 (22) |
| mean (SD) LOS, days | 4.5 (2.1) | 12 (9.3) | 27 (33) | 27 (21) | 32 (17) | 38 (26) | 31 (23) |
| Male patients | |||||||
| mean (SD) age | 41 (19) | 37 (16) | 39 (19) | 46 (22) | 41 (19) | 45 (20) | 42 (19) |
| mean (SD) LOS, days | 11 (15) | 13 (11) | 30 (24) | 24 (17) | 33 (44) | 36 (24) | 30 (30) |
| Deaths in admitted patients, n (%) | 2 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 13 (7.1) | 5 (3.5) | 5 (2.9) | 7 (3.7) | 32 (3.7) |
| Total mortality from femoral fracture, n (%) | 8 (8.4) | 4 (3.4) | 19 (9.3) | 9 (5.8) | 16 (8.0) | 15 (6.8) | 71 (7.2) |
LOS – length of hospital stay