Research Article

Hip Fractures in Long-Term Care: Is the Excess Explained by the Age and Gender Distribution of the Residents?

Table 1

Mean age (SD) and hip fracture number of the different age bands.

FemaleMale
CommunityInstitutionCommunityInstitution

65–7470.4 (2.67)8471.3 (2.26)1070.3 (2.96)4168.8 (3.03)5
75–8480.4 (2.75)28281.1 (2.49)9780.5 (2.72)11281.7 (2.30)36
85+89.6 (3.49)25390.1 (3.86)17688.9 (3.26)6489.6 (2.58)49
All82.8 (7.19)61986.3 (6.16)28381.1 (7.09)21784.9 (5.95)90