Descriptive statistics for all trauma transfers during the study period and the femur fracture subgroup
| Demographics | All transfers n=1837 | Femur fracture subgroup n=398 |
| Sex (female), n (%) | 784 (42.7) | 247 (61.6) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 56.9 (24.6) | 71.39 (20.92) |
| Race (Caucasian), n (%) | 1681 (91.5) | 378 (94.3) |
| ISS, median (IQR) | 9 (5–9) | 9 (9–9) |
| Rural, n (%) | 1391 (74.1) | 323 (81.7) |
| Blunt mechanism, n (%) | 1749 (92.7) | 401 (100) |
| Alcohol involved in trauma, n (%) | 304 (16.1) | 145 (36.2) |
| In-hospital mortality, n (%) | 57 (3.0) | 7 (1.8) |
Patient and injury variables for all patients transferred to our trauma center between May 2016 and April 2019 and the femur fracture subgroup. Femur fracture patients were older, more likely to be female, and had more alcohol use.
IQR, Interquartile range; ISS, Injury Severity Score; n, number of patients.