Table 2

Summary of demographic and clinical details for hospital episodes associated with falls and fall-related fractures (FRF) in Victorian public hospitals between 1998 and 2008

	All episodes N=3344588		Episodes for IHF N=21250		Row (%)	Episodes for FRFx N=3732		Row (IHF) %
	N	Percentage	N	Percentage	Row (%)	N	Percentage	Row (IHF) %
Age (years)
18–39	945222	28.3	679	3.2	0.1	56	1.5	8.2^†
40–49	302701	9.1	650	3.1	0.2	63	1.7	9.7^†
50–59	343593	10.3	1035	4.9	0.3	140	3.8	13.5
60–69	451678	13.5	2129	10.0	0.5	302	8.1	14.2^* ^†
70–79	654272	19.6	5942	28.0	0.9	1034	27.7	17.4
80–89	524673	15.7	8179	38.5	1.6	1638	43.9	20.0+
90+	123276	3.7	2636	12.4	2.1	499	13.4	18.9
Gender
Female	1952479	58.4	11020	51.9	0.6	2350	63.0	21.3^*
Male	1392936	41.6	10230	48.1	0.7^*	1382	37.0	13.5^†
Australian-born	2246610	77.2	13485	63.5	0.6^†	2387	64.0	17.7
English-speaking country of birth	2535841	75.8	15724	74.0	0.6^†	2768	74.2	17.6
Married	1640294	49.8	8481	39.9	0.5^†	1282	34.3	15.1^†
Rural	942013	28.9	4894	23.3	0.5^†	817	22.1	16.7
Socio-economic
Education occupation	928424	27.8	5422	25.5	0.6^†	918	24.6	16.9
Education resources	473998	14.2	2846	13.3	0.6	465	12.5	16.3
Comorbid conditions
Cancer	328146	9.8	2876	13.5	0.9^*	405	10.9	14.1^*
Metastatic cancer	161561	4.8	1557	7.3	1.0^*	217	5.8	13.9^*
Chronic heart failure	216452	6.5	2589	12.2	1.2^*	483	12.9	18.7
Cerebrovascular disease	158876	4.8	2617	12.3	1.7^*	431	11.6	16.5
Connective tissue disease	25452	0.8	223	1.1	0.9^*	57	1.5	25.6
Chronic pulmonary disease	243823	7.3	1838	8.7	0.8^*	359	9.6	19.5
Dementia	151519	4.5	4017	18.9	2.7^*	844	22.6	21.0^*
Diabetes	246011	7.4	1896	8.9	0.8^*	363	9.7	19.2
Severe diabetes	102253	3.1	1301	6.1	1.3^*	177	4.7	13.6
HIV	6753	0.2	57	0.3	0.8	9	0.2	15.8
Liver disease	16910	0.5	212	1	1.3^*	34	0.9	15.7
Severe liver disease	12810	0.4	151	0.7	1.2^*	20	0.5	13.3^*
Myocardial infarction	113555	3.4	742	3.5	0.7	122	3.3	16.4
Paraplegia	88510	2.7	1635	7.7	1.9^*	247	6.6	15.1
Peptic ulcer disease	23912	0.7	179	0.8	0.8	33	0.9	15.6
Peripheral vascular disease	36571	1.1	343	1.6	0.9^*	62	1.7	18.1
Renal disease	164412	4.9	2203	10.4	1.3^*	347	9.3	15.8
Ataxia	9382	0.3	205	1.0	2.2^*	26	0.7	12.7
Delirium	45092	1.4	1272	6.0	2.8^*	240	6.4	18.9
Hearing deficit	16459	0.5	417	2.0	2.5^*	69	1.9	16.6
Osteoporosis	34521	1.0	663	3.1	1.9^*	228	6.1	34.4^*
Parkinson's disease	30819	0.9	933	4.4	3.0^*	170	4.6	18.2
Visual deficit	27934	0.8	540	2.5	1.9^*	97	2.6	18.0

↵* Higher prevalence of in-hospital falls (IHF) or FRFx.
↵† Lower prevalence of IHF or FRFx associated with variable, assessed using univariate statistical analysis, p≤0.001.