Table 1

Demographic variables of the 57 children with femoral fracture and the 4162 same age other orthopaedic injury patients presenting to the participating emergency departments

	Femoral fracture		Other orthopaedic injuries
Variable	n	%	n	%
Age (mth)
<12	14	24.6	192	4.6
12–23	6	10.5	816	19.6
24–35	10	17.5	943	22.7
36–47	12	21.1	763	18.3
48–59	8	14.0	693	16.7
60–71	7	12.3	755	18.1
Gender
Boy	37	64.9	2332	56.0
Girl	20	35.1	1830	44.0
Nationality
Greek	49	86.0	3895	93.6
Country with GDP less than that of Greece	8	14.0	246	5.9
Country with GDP higher than that of Greece	0	0.0	21	0.5

Source: EDISS.
GDP, gross domestic product.