Downturn in hip fracture incidence.
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- Vol. 111 (2), 146-151
Abstract
Although there was evidence of a decline in hip fracture incidence in the northern United States between 1984 and 1987, most historical data in the United States and Northern Europe indicate that the age-adjusted incidence is rising. Analysis of data from Rochester, MN, from 1928 to 1992 demonstrates that age-adjusted hip fracture incidence rates rose in women from 1928 to 1950, and in men from 1928 to 1980, with falling rates thereafter. These trends were accounted for by initial hip fractures due to moderate trauma in the oldest age groups. Current data from this population show decreased incidence rates within 10% of the goals outlined in "Healthy People 2000," especially among women. A better understanding of the reasons for the decline of hip fracture incidence in Rochester, MN, may provide the basis for more focused interventions in similar populations.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- Incidence of hip fractures in Malmö, Sweden (1950–1991)Bone, 1993
- Hip fracture rates in Hong Kong and the United States, 1988 through 1989.American Journal of Public Health, 1993
- Urban vs rural increase in hip fracture incidence: Age and sex of 901 cases 1980-89 in Olmsted County, U.S.A.Acta Orthopaedica, 1993
- Incidence of hip fractures in the elderly: A cross-national analysisOsteoporosis International, 1991
- Identification of a superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase system in human fibroblastsBiochemical Journal, 1991
- Hip Fracture Incidence and Mortality in New EnglandEpidemiology, 1991
- Trends in admissions for hip fracture in England and Wales, 1968-85.BMJ, 1990
- Increasing age-adjusted risk of fragility fractures: A sign of increasing osteoporosis in successive generations?Calcified Tissue International, 1989
- Secular trends in the incidence of hip fracturesCalcified Tissue International, 1987