To investigate epidemiological characteristics of femoral intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients in Hebei.

The digital radiography imagedata and basic information of patients above 60 years with hip fractures from 2010 to 2011 were analyzed retrospectively in 5 hospitals of Hebei. All data including patients' gender, age, and AO types were abstracted and analyzed to investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of femoral intertrochanteric fracture occurring during this time in this district.

A total of 2,142 femoral intertrochanteric fracture with age above 60 years old were included, 984 (45.9%) males, 1,158 (54.1%) females (M∶F=1∶1.18). Fractures involving left side were slightly more than the right (1,117/1,025). The fracture was most common in age of 71-80 years group (45.0%) with the mean age of (65.0±7.9) years. By AO classification, type 31-A2 was the most common fracture type (59.1%), with type 31-C3 as the least common type (12.3%).

In elderly patients, femoral intertrochanteric fractures accounts for 67.7% of femoral intertrochanteric fractures in all ages, and 13.4% of all fractures in hebei, female are more prone to hip fractures than male, and the most peak age is 71-80 years. 31-A2 is the most common fractures type.