What is the true mortality of hip fractures?

What is the true mortality of hip fractures?

A total of 709 consecutive patients admitted with a hip fracture were prospectively studied to establish the true mortality from the fracture. At one year from injury 37% of patients had died. For 63 (9%) of these patients the hip fracture was thought to have directly contributed to death, for 109 (...

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Published in:Public health (London) Vol. 105; no. 6; p. 443
Main Authors: Parker, M J, Anand, J K
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands 01-11-1991
Subjects:
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cause of Death
England - epidemiology
Female
Hip Fractures - mortality
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Sex Factors
Wales - epidemiology
England
Wales
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Summary:A total of 709 consecutive patients admitted with a hip fracture were prospectively studied to establish the true mortality from the fracture. At one year from injury 37% of patients had died. For 63 (9%) of these patients the hip fracture was thought to have directly contributed to death, for 109 (16%) patients death was possibly related to the hip fracture and for 85 (12%) patients death was totally unrelated to the fracture. Analysis based on the cause of death and time from injury enables us to calculate the true mortality from proximal femoral fractures to be 15%. The remaining deaths are due to a variety of conditions associated with ageing.
ISSN:0033-3506
DOI:10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80614-6