Table 2.
Distribution of Fractures Among 608 Olmsted County, MN Women Following a First Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in 1990-99, by Fracture Site and Immediate Cause
| Fracture site | Fracture cause
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| Severe trauma | Moderate trauma | Pathological | Uncertain | All causes | ||||||
| n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %b | |
| Skull/face | 5 | 45.5 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1.9 |
| Hands/fingers | 12 | 50.0 | 10 | 41.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Distal forearm | 6 | 27.3 | 16 | 72.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 3.9 |
| Other arm | 5 | 17.9 | 23 | 82.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 4.9 |
| Clavicle/scapula/sternum | 1 | 7.1 | 6 | 42.9 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 2.5 |
| Ribs | 10 | 13.5 | 28 | 37.8 | 22 | 29.7 | 14 | 18.9 | 74 | 13.0 |
| Thoracic/lumbar vertebrae | 6 | 2.4 | 197 | 80.1 | 43 | 17.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 246 | 43.3 |
| Cervical vertebrae | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.1 |
| Pelvis | 2 | 6.7 | 16 | 53.3 | 9 | 30.0 | 3 | 10.0 | 30 | 5.3 |
| Proximal femur | 6 | 15.4 | 29 | 74.3 | 3 | 7.7 | 1 | 2.6 | 39 | 6.9 |
| Other leg | 15 | 32.6 | 29 | 63.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.3 | 46 | 8.1 |
| Feet/toes | 13 | 46.4 | 10 | 35.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 17.9 | 28 | 4.9 |
| All sites | 81 | 14.3 | 373 | 65.7 | 87 | 15.3 | 27 | 4.8 | 568 | 100 |
a
Percentage (%) of each type of fracture.
b
Percentage (%) of total.