A retrospective analysis of the outcomes in 360 patients with fractures
of the hip showed return to preinjury ambulatory status in 51 per cent. One
year after injury 27 per cent of the patients had died and 22 per cent were
non-ambulatory. For the first eight months after injury the death rate in
the fracture population exceeded that of the population at large, while
afterward it was the same. Factors that increased the probability of death
and non-ambulation included advanced age, preoperative presence of cerebral
dysfunction, and male sex.