Research Article
Short-Term Relationship between Hip Fracture and Weather Conditions in Two Spanish Health Areas with Different Climates
Table 1
Description of hip fracture cases identified in two Spanish regions (2000–2008).
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( = 1931) | Inland area
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| | Incidencea (annual range) | | | | | Global | 654 (625 to 683) | 559 (534 to 585) | <0.001 | | Males | 350 (320 to 385) | 310 (282 to 340) | 0.07 | | Females | 887 (842 to 933) | 752 (713 to 792) | <0.001 | | Sex; (%) | | | 0.55 | | Female | 1479 (76.6%) | 1407 (75.8%) | | | Male | 452 (23.4%) | 450 (24.2%) | | | Average age (SD; range) | 82.0 (7.1; 65 to 101) | 81.9 (6.9; 65 to 103) | 0.70 | | Categorized | | | 0.36 | | 65–74 y | 297 (15.4%) | 266 (14.3%) | | | ≥75 y
| 1634 (84.6%) | 1591 (85.7%) | | | Fracture site; (%) | | | 0.81 | | Intracapsular | 587 (38%) | 709 (38.4%) | | | Extracapsular | 957 (62%) | 1136 (61.6%) | | | Not specified | 387 | 12 | | | Average hospital stay, days (SD; range) | 10.8 (5.0; 1 to 83) | 10.9 (9.0; 1 to 190) | 0.60 |
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Nonstandardized rate in cases per 104 persons-year.
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