Epidemiological comparison of adult pelvic fractures between West China and East China from 2010 to 2011 / 中华创伤骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare and analyze the epidemiological features of adult pelvic fractures between West China and East China from 2010 to 2011.Methods The data of adult pelvic fractures treated from January 2010 to December 2011 in 63 hospitals in West China and East China were collected through the PACS system and case reports checking system.The data from the 35 hospitals in East China were assigned into group A and those from the 28 hospitals in West China into group B.The analytic items included gender,age,age distribution and type of AO classification.Results A total of 7,896 cases were collected.In group A of 5,683 cases,there were 2,829 males and 2,854 females,with a male to female ratio of 0.99∶1 and a median age of 42 years (interquartile range,from 30 to 55 years).In group B of 2,213 cases,there were 1,123 males and 1,090 females,with a male to female ratio of 1.03∶1 and a median age of 41 years (interquartile range,from 31 to 54 years).There was no significant difference in the male to female ratio between the 2 groups (x2 =0.594,P =0.441) but there was a significant difference in the median age (Z =-4.344,P =0.000).The age distribution showed that the peak range was from 31 to 40 years in group A (with a proportion of 21.50％) and from 41 to 50 years in group B (with a proportion of 23.41％),showing no significant difference between the 2 groups (P ＞ 0.05).In both groups,type 61-A was the high risk type of fracture (82.23％ in group A and 86.08％ in group B),and type 61-A2 the high risk subtype of fracture (41.47％ in group A and 54.36％ in group B),showing significant differences (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions East China and West China had similar male to female ratios in pelvic fractures.Generally,the patients in West China were younger,for the most patients in East China were aged from 31 to 40 years and those in West China from 41 to 50 years.In both East China and West China,type 61-A2 and subtype 61-A2 were the most common,but the proportions of type 61-A2 and subtype 61-A2 were higher in West China than in East China.