Table 1.

Comparison of demographics of elderly patients who fall to patients who did not fall

	Fall (N=997 524)	Non-fall (N=2 805 508)	P value
Age (in years)	79.5±8.3	74.7±7.9	<0.001
Gender
Male	336 060 (33.7%)	1 298 346 (46.3%)	<0.001
Female	661 152 (66.3%)	1 506 065 (53.7%)
Other	312 (0.03%)	1097 (0.04%)
Ethnicity/race
Non-Hispanic white	710 852 (71.3%)	1 770 408 (63.1%)	<0.001
Non-Hispanic black	38 699 (3.9%)	167 215 (6.0%)
Hispanic	133 594 (13.4%)	433 837 (15.5%)
Asian	26 611 (2.7%)	145 804 (5.2%)
Other	68 661 (6.9%)	220 746 (7.9%)
Unknown	19 107 (1.9%)	67 498 (2.4%)
Median income	67 290±24 323	66 563±24 330	<0.001
Payer type (primary insurance)
Self-pay	14 471 (1.5%)	57 962 (2.1%)	<0.001
Medicare	867 863 (87.0%)	2 269 251 (80.9%)
Medicaid	19 220 (1.9%)	106 590 (3.8%)
Commercial Insurance/Commercial Health Maintenence Organization	82 435 (8.3%)	331 897 (11.8%)
Other	13 301 (1.3%)	39 099 (1.4%)
Missing	30 (0.0%)	170 (0.0%)
Teaching hospital
No	922 366 (92.5%)	2 550 886 (90.9%)	<0.001
Yes	75 158 (7.5%)	254 622 (9.1%)