Table 1.

Characteristics of patients admitted to hospital with a hip fracture in England and Wales from 2016 to 2019

Pre-fracture characteristics and post-fracture outcomes		All	England			Wales
		N	N	%	Mean (SD)	N	%	Mean (SD)
N patients		178,757	168,359	94		10,398	6
N hospitals		172	159	92.4		13	7.6
Age (years)		178,757			82.7 (8.6)			82.3 (8.6)
Age (years)	60–69	16,062	15,082	9		980	9
	70–79	41,096	38,562	23		2,534	24
	80–89	80,863	76,177	45		4,686	45
	90+	40,736	38,538	23		2,198	21
Sex	Female	126,278	118,859	71		7,419	71
ASA grade	I and II	45,222	42,272	25		2,975	29
	III	102,323	96,460	57		5,836	56
	IV and V	31,212	29,627	18		1,587	15
Hip fracture type	Intracapsular	105,082	99,029	59		6,053	58
	Inter, subtrochanteric or other	73,675	69,330	41		4,345	42
Pre-fracture residence	Own home/sheltered housing	146,642	137,877	82		8,761	84
	Not from own home	32,115	30,482	18		1,637	16
Pre-fracture mobility	Freely mobile without walking aids	66,440	62,598	37		3,872	37
	Mobile outdoors with 1 or 2 aids or frame	66,521	62,499	37		3,977	38
	Some indoor, or no functional, mobility	45,796	43,262	26		2,549	25
Post-fracture outcomes	‘Superspell’ LOS	165,350			21.4 (19.6)			21.4 (23.4)
	Cumulative 30-day mortality	178,757	12,321	7		805	8
	Emergency 30-day readmissions	165,350	24,499	16		740	8

SD = standard deviation.