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Table 3.

Studies used to compute age-standardised hip fracture incidence

Country Citation Notes
Argentina Morosano M, Masoni A, Sánchez A (2005) Incidence of hip fractures in the city of Rosario, Argentina. Osteoporos Int 16: 1339–1344 Supplementary information from authors
Australia Crisp A, Dixon T, Jones, Ebeling P, Cumming R (2012) Declining incidence of osteoporotic hip fracture in Australia. Manuscript in preparation Supplementary information from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Austria Dimai H P (2008) Personal communication Supplementary information Statistic Austria
Dimai HP, Svedbom A, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, et al. (2011) Epidemiology of hip fractures in Austria: evidence for a change in the secular trend. Osteoporos Int22: 685–692
Belgium Hiligsmann M, personal communication, June 2011 Update of FRAX model with more extensive data
Brazil Silveira C, Medeiros M, Coelho-Filho JM et al. (2005) Incidência de fratura do quadril em area urbana do Nordeste brasileiro. Cad. Saúde Pública. 21: 907–912 Average taken of all data from Brazil
Komatsu RS, Ramos LR, Szejnfeld A (2004) Incidence of proximal femur fractures in Marilia, Brazil. J Nut Health Aging. 8: 362
Shwartz AV, Kelsey JL, Maggi S et al. (1999) International variation in the incidence of hip fractures: cross-national project on osteoporosis for the World Health Organization Program for Research on Aging. Osteoporos Int 9: 242–253
Castro da Rocha FA, Ribeiro AR (2003) Low incidence of hip fractures in an equatorial area. Osteoporos Int 14:496–499
Canada Leslie WD, O'Donnell S, Lagacé C et al. (2010) Osteoporosis surveillance expert working group. Population-based Canadian hip fracture rates with international comparisons. Osteoporos Int. 21: 1317–1322 Supplementary information from WB Leslie
Leslie WD, Lix LM, Langsetmo L et al. (2011) Construction of a FRAX® model for the assessment of fracture probability in Canada and implications for treatment. Osteoporos Int 22: 817–827
Chile Pablo Riedemann and Oscar Neira, personal communication 4th Oct 2011 Source: Health Ministry, June 2010
China Schwartz AV, Kelsey JL, Maggi S et al. (1999) International variation in the incidence of hip fractures: cross-national project on osteoporosis for the World Health Organization Program for Research on Aging. Osteoporos Int 9: 242–253 Mean of Schwartz 1999, Ling 1996, Yan 1999 and Zhang 2000 used in FRAX model
Ling X, Aimin, L, Xihe Z, Xaioshu C, Cummings SR (1996) Very low rates of hip fracture in Beijing, Peoples Republic of China. The Beijing Osteoporosis Project. Am J Epidemiol 144; 901–907
Yan L, Zhou B, Prentice A, Wang X, Golden MH (1999) Epidemiological study of hip fracture in Shenyang, People's Republic of China. Bone 24: 151–155
Zhang L, Cheng A, Bai Z, Lu Y, Endo N, Dohmae Y, Takahashi HE (2000) Epidemiology of cervical and trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur in 1994 in Tangshan, China. J Bone Miner Metab 18: 84–88
Xia W-B, He SL, Xu L et al. (2011) Rapidly increasing rates of hip fracture in Beijing, China J Bone Miner Res. Sep 28. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.519 Xia 2011 used for hip fracture incidence with supplementary data from S Cummings 2011
Colombia Juan Jose Jaller (2009), personal communication Survey of all (five) hospitals in region
Croatia Matković V, Kostial K, Simonović I, Buzina R, Brodarec A, Nordin BE (1979) Bone status and fracture rates in two regions of Yugoslavia. Am J Clin Nutr. 32: 540–549 Mean incidence derived from two regions in Matković 1979 (Podravina Podravina and Istra) and national data in Karacić 2009
Karacić TP, Kopjar B (2009) Hip fracture incidence in Croatia in patients aged 65 years and more. Lijec Vjesn. 2009; 131: 9–13
Czech Stepan JJ, Vaculik J, Pavelka K, Zofka J, Johansson H, Kanis JA (2012) Hip fracture incidence between years 1981 and 2009 and construction of a FRAX® model for the assessment of fracture probability in the Czech Republic. Calcif Tiss Int, (in press) Additional data, Jan Stepan, personal communication, 2011
Denmark Abrahamsen B, Vestergaard P (2010) Declining incidence of hip fractures and the extent of use of anti-osteoporotic therapy in Denmark 1997–2006. Osteoporosis Int 21: 373–80 Additional data from the Danish National Board of Health, accessed October 2009
Ecuador Orces CH (2009) Epidemiology of hip fractures in Ecuador. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 25: 438–442. PMID: 19695134 Additional data supplied by author
Estonia Haviko T, Maasalu K, Seeder J (1996) The incidence of osteoporotic fractures at the University Hospital of Tartu, Estonia. Scand J Rheumatol Suppl. 103: 13–15 Data available on women only
Finland Kröger H (2008) Personal communication Additional data from Reijo Sund, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
France Couris CM, Chapurlat RD, Kanis JA et al. (2011) FRAX® probabilities and risk of major osteoporotic fracture in France. Osteoporos Int, Dec 17. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22179418
Germany Icks A, Haastert B, Wildner M, Becker C, Meyer G (2008) Trend of hip fracture incidence in Germany 1995–2004: a population-based study. Osteoporos Int 19: 1139-1145
Greece Dretakis EK, Giaourakis G, Steriopoulos K (1992) Increasing incidence of hip fracture in Crete. Acta Orthop Scand. 63: 150–151 Mean of three studies used
Paspati I, Galanos A, Lyritis GP (1998) Hip fracture epidemiology in Greece during 1977-1992. Calcif Tissue Int 62: 542–547
Elffors I, Allander E, Kanis JA, et al. (1994) The variable incidence of hip fracture in southern Europe: the MEDOS Study. Osteoporos Int 4: 253–263
Hong Kong Tsang SWY, Kung AWC. Kanis JA, Johansson H, Oden A (2009) Ten-year fracture probability in Hong Kong southern Chinese according to age and BMD femoral neck T-scores. Osteoporos Int. 20: 1939-1945
Hungary Péntek M, Horváth C, Boncz I, Falusi Z, Tóth E, Sebestyén A, Májer I, Brodszky V, Gulácsi L (2008) Epidemiology of osteoporosis related fractures in Hungary from the nationwide health insurance database, 1999-2003.Osteoporos Int; 19: 243–249
Iceland Kristin Siggeirsdottir and Vilmundur Gudnason, personal communication, 15th Aug 2011
India Dhanwal D, Siwach R, Dixit V, Mithal A, Cooper C (2011) Incidence of hip fracture in Rohtak, North India. Osteoporos Int 22 (Suppl 4): S629–S630 Supplementary information from D Dhanwal and C Cooper
Indonesia Errol Hutagalung and Gunawan Tirtarahardja, personal communication, 5th Oct 2011 Data from Department of Health and Bureau of Statistics, Indonesia
Iran Soveid M, Serati AR, Masoompoor M (2005) Incidence of hip fracture in Shiraz, Iran. Osteoporos Int 16: 1412–1416
Ireland Bernie McGowan Personal communication 18 Oct 2011 Data from The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Irish Central Statistics Office
McGowan, B, Casey M, Silke C , Whelan B, Bennett K (2012) Hospitalizations for fracture and associated costs between 2000 and 2009 in Ireland: a trend analysis. Submitted for publication
Israel Levine S, Makin M, Menczel J, Robin G, Naor E, Steinberg R (1970) Incidence of Fractures of the Proximal End of the Femur in Jerusalem: A study of ethnic factors. J Bone Joint Surg Am 52:1193–1202 The different ethnicities amalgamated
Italy Piscitelli P, Brandi ML, Chitano G, Johannson H, Kanis JA, Black DM (2012) Updated Fracture Incidence Rates for the Italian Version of FRAX®. Osteoporos Int, submitted
Japan Orimo H, Sakata K (2006) The 4th nationwide survey for hip fracture in Japan (in Japanese). Japan Medical Journal 4180: 25–30
Jordan Azar ES Abulmajeed S, Masri BK, Kanis JA (2011) The prevalence of osteoporotic hip fractures in Jordan. Osteoporos Int 22 (Suppl 5): S715 Additional data from Efteem Azar, personal communication, 2010
Kuwait Memon A, Pospula WM, Tantawy AY, Abdul-Ghafar S, Suresha A, Al-Rowaih A (1998) Incidence of hip fracture in Kuwait. Int J Epidemiol 27:860–865 Kuwaiti data i.e., expatriates excluded
Lebanon Sibai AM, Nasser W, Ammar W, Khalife MJ, Harb H, Fuleihan GE (2011) Hip fracture incidence in Lebanon: a national registry-based study with reference to standardized rates worldwide. Osteoporos Int 22: 2499–2506
Lithuania Marija Tamulaitienė, Vidmantas Alekna, personal communication 2011
Malaysia Personal communication, 2010 Siok Bee Chionh and Dr Derrick Heng, Director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health, Singapore Expatriates living in Singapore
Malta Schembri A. Public Health Medicine, Department of Health Information and Research 95, G'Mangia Hill, G'Mangia PTA1313 Hospital survey
Mexico Johansson H, Clark P, Carlos F, Oden A, McCloskey EV, Kanis JA (2011) Increasing age and sex specific rates of hip fracture in Mexico. Osteoporos Int. 22: 2359–2364
Morocco El Maghraoui A, Koumba BA, Jroundi I, Achemlal L, Bezza A, Tazi MA (2005) Epidemiology of hip fractures in 2002 in Rabat, Morocco. Osteoporos Int 16:597–602
Abdellah El Maghraoui personal communication, 20th Oct 2011
Netherlands Lalmohamed, A, Welsing PMJ, Lems WF et al. (2011) Calibration of FRAX ® 3.1 to the Dutch population with data on the epidemiology of hip fractures. Osteoporos Int, doi 10.1007/s00198-011-1852-2 Source: National Office for Statistics, CBS
New Zealand Brown P, McNeill R, Rawan E, Willingale J (2007) The burden of osteoporosis in New Zealand: 2007–2020. Osteoporosis New Zealand Inc Death and fracture hazard of the white population
Nigeria Adebajo AO, Cooper C, Evans JG (1991) Fractures of the hip and distal forearm in West Africa and the United Kingdom. Age Ageing 20: 435–438
Norway Emaus N, Olsen LR, Ahmed LA et al. (2011) Hip fractures in a city in Northern Norway over 15 years: time trends, seasonal variation and mortality: the Harstad Injury Prevention Study. Osteoporos Int 22: 2603–2610 National data to be shortly available from H Meyer
Oman Shukla J, Khandekar R (2008) Magnitude and determinants of osteoporosis in adult population of South Sharqiya region of Oman. Saudi Med J 29: 984–988
Philippines Julie Li-Yu (2010) Personal communication Insurance claims data for a segment of the population
Poland Czerwiński E, Kanis JA, Osieleniec J et al. (2011) Evaluation of FRAX to characterize fracture risk in Poland. Osteoporos Int 22: 2507–2512 Supplementary information from Edward Czerwinski and Roman Lorenc, 2011
Jaworski M, Lorenc RS (2007) Risk of hip fracture in Poland. Med Sci Monit 13:206–210
Portugal de Pina MF, Alves SM, Barbosa M, Barros H (2008) Hip fractures cluster in space: an epidemiological analysis in Portugal. Osteoporos Int 19:1797–1804
Romania Daniel Grigorie, 2011 Personal communication National hospital discharge register (National School of Public Health)
Russia Lesnyak O, Ershova O, Belova K et al. (2012). The development of a FRAX model for the Russian Federation. Submitted Arch Osteoporos Combined data 2008-2010 from Yaroslavl and Pervouralsk
Olga Yershova, Olga Lesnyak, personal communication, 2010
S Africa Solomon L. Osteoporosis and fracture of the femoral neck in the South African Bantu (1968) J Bone Joint Surg 50: 1–13 Bantu population
S Korea Lim S, Koo BK, Lee EJ et al. (2008) Incidence of hip fractures in Korea. J Bone Miner Metab 26:400-405
Saudi Arabia Al-Nuaim AR, Kremli M, Al-Nuaim M, Sandkgi S (1995) Incidence of proximal femur fracture in an urbanized community in Saudi Arabia. Calcif Tissue Int. 56: 536–538
Serbia Lesić A, Bumbasirević M, Jarebinski M, Pekmezovic T (2005) Incidence of hip fractures in the population of Belgrade during the period 1990-2000. Projections for 2020. Acta Chir Iugosl 52: 95–99
Singapore Siok Bee Chionh and D Heng D Personal communication, 2009 Source: Heng D, Director of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health.
Slovakia Masaryk P, Piestany, Slovakia personal communication 2010 Source: National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases
Slovenia Dzajkovska B, Wertheimer AI, Mrhar A (2007) The burden-of-illness study on osteoporosis in the Slovenian female population. Pham World Sci 29: 404–411 Data available for women only
Spain Diez A, Puig J, Martinez MT, Diez JL, Aubia J, Vivancos J (1989) Epidemiology of fractures of the proximal femur associated with osteoporosis in Barcelona, Spain. Calcif Tissue Int 44: 382–386 Mean value of 5 regional studies
Sosa M, Segarra MC, Hernández D, González A, Limiñana JM, Betancor P (1993) Epidemiology of proximal femoral fracture in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Age Ageing 22: 285–288
Elffors L, Allander E, Kanis JA et al. (1994) The variable incidence of hip fracture in southern Europe: the MEDOS study. Osteoporos Int 4: 253–263
Sanchez MI, Sangrador GO, Blanco IS et al. (1997) Epidemiologia de la fractura osteoporotica de cadera en la provincial de Zamora. Rev Esp Salud Publica 71: 357–367
Sweden Kanis JA, Johnell O, Oden A et al. (2000) Long-term risk of osteoporotic fracture in Malmo. Osteoporos Int 11: 669–674
Switzerland Lippuner K, Johansson H, Kanis JA, Rizzoli R (2009) Remaining lifetime and absolute 10-year probabilities of osteoporotic fracture in Swiss men and women. Osteoporos Int. 20: 1131–1140 Source: Swiss Federal Office of Statistics
Taiwan Shao CJ, Hsieh YH, Tsai CH, Lai KA (2009) A nationwide seven-year trend of hip fractures in the elderly population of Taiwan. Bone 44: 125–129
Thailand Lau EM, Suriwongpaisal P, Lee JK et al. (2001) Risk factors for hip fracture in Asian men and women: the Asian osteoporosis study. J Bone Miner Res 16: 572–580
Tunisia Leith Zakraoui, personal communication, June 2010 based on a PhD thesis (A Laatar) and an unpublished report by Ahmed Laatar & Leïth Zakraoui (2010) [Incidence de la fracture de l’extrémité supérieure du fémur en Tunisie. Etude épidémiologique nationale.] Incidence of upper femoral fractures in Tunisia. A National epidemiological study. Service de Rhumatologie Hôpital Mongi Slim–La Marsa Survey of orthopaedic services
Turkey Tuzun S, Eskiyurt N, Akarırmak U et al. (2012) Incidence of Hip Fracture and Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Turkey: The FRACTURK Study. Osteoporosis International. 23: 949–955
UK Singer BR, McLauchlan GJ, Robinson CM, Christie J (1998) Epidemiology of fractures in 15,000 adults. The influence of age and gender. J Bone Joint Surg 80B:243–248
US Ettinger B, Black DM, Dawson-Hughes B, Pressman AR, Melton LJ 3rd (2010) Updated fracture incidence rates for the US version of FRAX. Osteoporos Int 21: 25–33 All ethnicities merged
Venezuela Riera-Espinoza G, Lopez D, Kanis JA (2008) Life-Time risk of hip fracture and incidence rates in Carabobo, Venezuela. Osteoporos Int 19 (Suppl 2): S356 Additional data supplied by author