Mortality after Hip Fractures

Excess mortality following hip fracture: the role of underlying health status

“…Although we found evidence of higher mortality in men than in women (see Appendix for main effects of sex), a finding consistent with other reports (15,32,33,(39)(40)(41)(42), mortality between men and women did not appear to differ according to whether or not a hip fracture occurred. This finding contrasts with a report from the 15-year longitudinal Cardiovascular Health Study that found only 6-month excess mortality in men, but 4-year excess mortality in women (43) Although our stratified analysis indicated potentially worse hip fracture mortality for non-blacks compared to blacks and for non-facility dwellers compared to facility-dwellers, these did not appear to differ according to whether or not a hip fracture occurred.…”

Hip fractures in extremely old patients

“…1,4,14,17 But, at the mean follow-up for 2.12 years showed 50% mortality in extremely old population, which is higher than elderly population reported in literature. 1,16,17 Females have higher risk of a hip fracture, 11 but males have higher mortality rates than females with a hip fracture. 24 In our study, extremely old patients showed no differences mortality rates between males and females (p ¼ 0.11).…”

“…Multiple studies showed increased risk of hip fracture and increased mortality after a hip fracture both 1 year and 5 years of follow-up in elderly patients. 1,4,8,20 There are not many publications concentrated on patients over 90-yearold.…”

Mortality in Elderly Patients After Cervical Spine Fractures

“…The best studied relationship between injury type and mortality rate is hip fracture. Jensen and Tøndevold found a one-year mortality of 27% for elderly patients after a hip fracture 5 . These results are consistent with those in several other studies that have similarly documented one-year mortality rates ranging from 27% to 33% 6,7 .…”