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. 1990 Mar;80(3):326–328. doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.3.326

Sex-specific and race-specific hip fracture rates.

S E Kellie 1, J A Brody 1
PMCID: PMC1404674  PMID: 2305917

Abstract

Sex-, race- and age-specific hip fracture rates were determined using Health Care Financing Administration data for Medicare-reimbursed hip fracture hospitalizations from 1980 to 1982. Rates were highest in White women, lowest in Black men, and intermediate in White men and Black women. Proportions of hip fracture patients dying during hospitalization and those discharged to nursing homes, respectively, were: White men (10.5%; 49%); Black men (9.3%; 32%); White women (5.0%; 54%); and Black women (8.2%; 30%).

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