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. 2013 Jun;4(2):58–63. doi: 10.1177/2151458513501321

Table 4.

The Results From the Present Study is Compared (a) With the Previous Study, (b) as well as the Data from Finsen et al, (c) Falch et al, (d) Nymark et al,14,25–27 and (e) Data Were Adjusted to Similar Age Groups to Show the Incidence of Hip Fractures in Men.

Age Person-years Number of fractures Incidence Confidence interval
Ostfold county, Norway 2008-2010a 50-74 110 961 134 121 100 141
75+ 24 449 319 1305 1237 1372
Total 135 410 453 335 300 369
Southeastern Norway 1998-2003ba 50-74 100 494 125 124 103 146
75+ 24 539 327 1333 1189 1476
Total 125 033 452 362 328 395
Central Norway 1997-1998cb 50-74 39 076 93 119 85 153
75+ 9889 280 1416 1183 1649
Total 48 965 373 381 326 435
Western Norway 1988-1989d 50-74 11 990 36 300 202 398
75+ 3959 81 2046 1605 2487
Total 15 949 117 734 601 866
Oslo 1988-1989d 50-74 50 136 316 630 561 700
75+ 12 096 349 2885 2587 3184
Total 62 232 665 1069 988 1149
Funen, Denmark, 1996-2003ec 50-69 50 315 44 80 63 96
70+ 21 544 180 888 799 976
Total 151 354 471 311 283 339

a Population at risk for the entire 5-year study period.

b Population shown for a single year, number of fractures for the 2-year study period.

c Similar age brackets not possible due to the way of presenting original data. Includes first and second fractures.