Fig. 1.

Lifetime risk (%) of hip fracture at age 50 years in men (M) and women (W) is shown according to country [23]. The frequency of hip fractures varies greatly by race and ethnicity. Reproduced with permission and copyright 2002 of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, from Kanis JA, Johnell O, De Laet C, Jonsson B, Oden A, Ogelsby AK. International variations in hip fracture probabilities: implications for risk assessment. J Bone Miner Res. 2002;17:1237–1244. Morales-Torres J, Gutierrez-Urena S; Osteoporosis Committee of Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology. The burden of osteoporosis in Latin America. Osteoporos Int. 2004;15:625–632.