Table 1.

Annual change (%) in age-and sex-adjusted hip fracture incidence world wide^*.

Region	Country	Period	Annual % change
Europe	Sweden12	1965-1980	+2.2%
	Sweden27	1992-1995	−0.5%
	Norway6	1979-1999	−1.9%
	Denmark29	1987-97	+4.1%
	Denmark32	1997-2006	+1%
	Finland31	1992-2003	+2.5%
	Finland18	1970-1997	+2.2%
	Finland30	1997-2004	−2.4
	France42	2002-2008	−1.3%
	UK33	1978-95	+2.0%
	UK34	1989-98	Increased 8% to 1992 then stable
	UK10	1968-85	6% increase to 1978 then stable
	Netherlands35	1986-1993	+1.3%
	Netherlands36	1993-2002	−0.5%
	Germany39	1995-2004	+0.5%
	Switzerland37	1991-2000	−1.4%
	Austria38	1994-2006	+0.8%
	Austria41	1989-2008	−1%
	Hungary40	1993-2003	+0.77%
	Spain44	1988-2002	+3.8%
N. America	Rochester8	1928-72	+2%
	Rochester13	1972-1992	−0.8%
	Rochester14	1980-2006	−1.37%
	Framingham17	1948-1996	+1%
	USA19	1986-1995	+0.9%
	USA19	1996-2005	−2.5%
	Canada23	1981-1992	+0.1%
	Canada24	1992-2001	−0.9%
	Canada20	1985-2005	−1.6%
	California (white)21	1983-2000	−0.6%
	California (Hispanic)21	1983-2000	+4.6%
Oceania	Australia47	1989-2000	−4%
	Australia48	1990-2000	0%
	New Zealand45	1950-1987	+2%
	New Zealand46	1989-1998	−1.2%
Asia	Hong Kong51	1966-95	+7.5%
	Hong Kong51	1985-2001	−1.2%
	Singapore53	1991-98	+1.2%
	Japan54	1986-2001	+3.2%
	Japan55	2004-06	+3.8%

^*Most studies provide information on changes in hip fracture rates for men and women, but data for secular trend in each gender are inconsistently available. The table provides information for both genders combined; where data were only available for women these are also included.