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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2008 Feb 22;19(4):437–447. doi: 10.1007/s00198-007-0550-6

Age-specific annual fracture probability by fracture type and gender for the white population*.

Age Hip Fracture Clinical Vertebral Fracture Wrist Fracture Other Fracture**

Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
50 0.00066 0.00040 0.00111 0.00053 0.00291 0.00147 0.00343 0.00400
55 0.00083 0.00032 0.00316 0.00065 0.00429 0.00064 0.00495 0.00494
60 0.00165 0.00081 0.00316 0.00065 0.00805 0.00141 0.00548 0.00503
65 0.00221 0.00189 0.00664 0.00170 0.00819 0.00095 0.00738 0.00730
70 0.00275 0.00160 0.00664 0.00170 0.00821 0.00064 0.01024 0.00669
75 0.00857 0.00533 0.01027 0.00480 0.00832 0.00045 0.01588 0.00577
80 0.01821 0.00595 0.01027 0.00480 0.00866 0.00149 0.02263 0.01409
85 + 0.02457 0.01490 0.01257 0.00943 0.00845 0.00094 0.03396 0.01859
*

Fracture incidence for other race groups was estimated by applying a multiplier to white probabilities based on published literature. See text and (35) for additional details.

**

Other fractures include proximal humerus, pelvis, rib and tibia/fibula with tibia/fibula excluded for men.