Table 1.

Patient demographics

	Overall (%)	1 Rib fracture	2 Rib fractures	≥3 Rib fractures
Sample size	97	10	19	68
Age	80	84.5	77	80
Gender
Female	53 (55%)	6 (60%)	8 (42%)	39 (57%)
Male	44 (45%)	4 (40%)	11 (58%)	29 (43%)
ICU disposition	28 (29%)	0 (0%)	3 (16%)	25 (37%)
Non-ICU disposition	69 (65%)	10 (100%)	16 (84%)	43 (63%)
Transfer to ICU	6 (6%)	0 (0%)	2 (11%)	4 (6%)
Cause of injury
Fall	57 (59%)	4 (40%)	9 (47%)	44 (65%)
MVC	32 (33%)	3 (30%)	8 (42%)	21 (31%)
Other	8 (8%)	3 (30%)	2 (11%)	3 (4%)
Median hospital LOS	4	3	3	4
Mortality	4 (4%)	0 (0%)	1 (5%)	3 (4%)

ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay; MVC, motor vehicle collisions.