Table 1:

Baseline characteristics of opiate naïve Medicare beneficiaries who sustained a fragility fracture of the hip, distal radius or proximal humerus

	Total		HIP		Distal Radius		Proximal Humerus
	N= 91,749	% (STD)	N= 42617	% (STD)	N= 34385	% (STD)	N= 14747	% (STD)
Female	77276	84.23	34165	80.17	30515	88.75	12596	85.41
Mean age	80.36	7.64	82.37	7.32	78.95	7.48	78.48	7.49
Age
66–74	23420	25.53	6958	16.33	11744	34.15	4718	31.99
75–84	39109	42.63	17967	42.16	14720	42.81	6422	43.55
85 and over	29220	31.85	17692	41.51	7921	23.04	3607	24.46
Race
White	81857	89.22	38144	89.50	30268	88.03	13445	91.17
Black	2391	2.61	1208	2.83	892	2.59	291	1.97
Asian	2048	2.23	939	2.20	895	2.60	214	1.45
Hispanic	4656	5.07	1931	4.53	2026	5.89	699	4.74
Other	797	0.87	395	0.93	304	0.88	98	0.66
Number of Chronic Conditions
0	33307	36.30	11006	25.83	16435	47.80	5866	39.78
1	26642	29.04	12590	29.54	9707	28.23	4345	29.46
2	16332	17.80	9144	21.46	4749	13.81	2439	16.54
3	8674	9.45	5324	12.49	2173	6.32	1177	7.98
4	6794	7.40	4553	10.68	1321	3.84	920	6.24
Died within 1 year of fracture	5696	6.21	3562	8.36	774	5.25	1360	3.96
Treated Surgically	56022	61.06	42617	100.00	10151	29.52	3254	22.07