Research Article

Geographic Variations in Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures in China

Table 1

Characteristics of subjects in the national investigation of hip-fracture care survey.

CharacteristicsEasternNorthernNorth-EasternNorth-WesternSouth-CentralSouth-WesternTotal

Individuals2861671041652151281065

Age (years)
 ≦3015 (5.3)7 (4.2)9 (8.7)12 (7.3)24 (11.2)13 (10.2)80 (7.5)
 31–40206 (72.0)119 (71.3)62 (60.0)98 (59.4)143 (66.5)80 (62.5)708 (66.5)
 41–5061 (21.3)40 (24.0)32 (30.8)50 (30.3)39 (18.1)33 (25.8)255 (24.0)
 51–604 (1.4)1 (0.5)1 (0.5)5 (3.0)8 (3.7)2 (1.5)21 (2.0)
 >6000001 (0.5)01 (0.0)

Working seniority (years)
 <515 (5.2)3 (1.8)8 (7.7)10 (6.1)18 (8.4)10 (7.8)64 (6.0)
 5–1090 (31.5)52 (31.1)24 (23.1)43 (26.1)77 (35.8)39 (30.5)325 (30.5)
 11–20139 (48.6)92 (55.1)60 (57.7)87 (52.7)87 (40.5)60 (46.9)525 (49.3)
 >2042 (14.7)20 (12.0)12 (11.5)25 (15.1)33 (15.3)19 (14.8)151 (14.2)

Hospital level
 Secondary hospital124 (43.4)89 (53.3)56 (53.8)83 (50.3)103 (47.9)67 (52.3)522 (49.0)
 Tertiary hospital162 (56.6)78 (46.7)48 (46.2)82 (49.7)112 (52.1)61 (47.7)543 (51.0)

Note. Except where indicated otherwise, values are the number (weighted percentage).