Excess mortality attributable to hip fracture in White women aged 70 years and older

J. Magaziner, E. Lydick, W. Hawkes, K.M. Fox, S.I. Zimmerman, R.S. Epstein and J.R. Hebel

American Journal of Public Health, 1997, vol. 87, issue 10, 1630-1636

Abstract: Objective. The purpose of this study was to estimate the excess mortality attributable to hip fracture. Methods. The 6-year survival rate of community-dwelling White female hip fracture patients aged 70 years and older entering one of seven hospitals from 1984 to 1986 (n = 578) was compared with that of White female respondents aged 70 years and older interviewed in 1984 for the Longitudinal Study on Aging (n = 3773). Results. After age, education, comorbidity, and functional impairment were controlled, the mortality differential between the two groups accumulated to an excess among hip fracture patients of 9 deaths per 100 women 5 years postfracture. Among those with throe or more functional impairments or one or more comorbidities, the excess was 7 deaths per 100; the effect of the fracture had disappeared in these groups by 4 years. In contrast those with two or fewer impairments and those with no comorbidities had a continuing trend of increased mortality, with an excess of 14 deaths per 100 by 5 years. Conclusions. There is an immediate increase in mortality following a hip fracture in medically ill and functionally impaired patients, whereas among those with no comorbidities and few impairments, there is a gradual increase in mortality that continues for 5 years postfracture.

Date: 1997
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