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. 2021 Jun 4;33(2):62–70. doi: 10.5371/hp.2021.33.2.62

Table 4. Injury Mechanism Based on Age, Sex, and Fracture Pattern.

Variable Total Fall from standing height Road traffic accident Others
Age group
50-59 61 (100) 37 (60.7) 23 (37.7) 1 (1.6)
60-69 72 (100) 52 (72.2) 19 (26.4) 1 (1.4)
70-79 78 (100) 63 (80.8) 14 (17.9) 1 (1.3)
80-89 59 (100) 52 (88.1) 4 (6.8) 3 (5.1)
90 13 (100) 13 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Sex
Male 131 (100) 87 (66.4) 43 (32.8) 1 (0.8)
Female 152 (100) 130 (85.5) 17 (11.2) 5 (3.3)
Fracture type
Neck 77 (100) 58 (75.3) 18 (23.4) 1 (1.3)
Subcapital (31B1) 32 (100) 27 (84.4) 5 (15.6) 0 (0)
Transcervical (31B2) 33 (100) 21 (63.6) 11 (33.3) 1 (3.0)
Basicervical (31B3) 12 (100) 10 (83.3) 2 (16.7) 0 (0)
Trochanteric 206 (100) 159 (77.2) 42 (20.4) 5 (2.4)
Stable pertrochanteric (31A1) 67 (100) 51 (76.1) 16 (23.9) 0 (0)
Unstable pertrochanteric (31A2) 102 (100) 79 (77.5) 21 (20.6) 2 (2.0)
Reverse intertrochanteric /subtrochanteric fracture (31A3, 32) 37 (100) 29 (78.4) 5 (13.5) 3 (8.1)

Values are presented as number (%).