Improving Hip Fracture Care in Ireland: A Preliminary Report of the Irish Hip Fracture Database

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Total = 843
Gender
Female, (%)	592 (70)
Age group, yrs; Total, %
60–69	15
70–79	27
80–89	44
90+	14
Source of admission, %
Home	71
Nursing home^*	10
Acute hospital transfer	18
Other	1
ASA^¥ grade, %
1	14
2	44
3	39
4	3
5	0
Premorbid functional status, %
Independently mobile	57
One walking aid	21
Two walking aids/frame	14
Wheelchair/bedbound	2
Not known	5

Plus other long-stay facilities; ^¥American Society of Anesthesiologists.