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. 2013 Sep 13;8(1):144. doi: 10.1007/s11657-013-0144-1

Table 3.

Estimated number of men and women with osteoporosis, prevalence in population over 50 years, and prevalence in the total population, 2010 [9]

Country Men with osteoporosis Women with osteoporosis Men and women with osteoporosis Prevalence in male population aged 50 or more (%) Prevalence in female population aged 50 or more (%) Prevalence in total population (%)
Austria 89,862 368,685 458,547 6.5 22.2 5.5
Belgium 120,695 476,875 597,570 6.6 22.4 5.6
Bulgaria 81,482 336,425 417,907 6.4 20.9 5.6
Cyprus 9,263 31,032 40,295 6.2 19.3 3.7
Czech Republic 103,114 425,944 529,058 6.0 20.4 5.0
Denmark 61,456 221,912 283,368 6.5 21.1 5.1
Estonia 11,642 65,789 77,431 6.2 22.2 5.8
Finland 61,054 243,399 304,453 6.4 21.5 5.7
France 691,112 2,784,198 3,475,310 6.7 22.5 5.5
Germany 1,006,652 4,017,260 5,023,912 6.6 22.6 6.1
Greece 135,202 507,505 642,707 6.9 22.3 5.7
Hungary 94,949 452,158 547,107 6.2 21.1 5.5
Ireland 37,127 129,309 166,436 6.2 20.0 3.7
Italy 749,237 3,042,794 3,792,031 6.9 23.4 6.3
Latvia 19,210 111,236 130,446 6.1 22.3 5.8
Lithuania 27,136 148,375 175,511 6.1 21.7 5.3
Luxembourg 4,541 17,422 21,963 6.1 21.0 4.3
Malta 4,190 16,074 20,264 5.9 19.8 4.9
Netherlands 175,244 643,258 818,502 6.3 20.8 4.9
Poland 338,756 1,509,772 1,848,528 5.8 20.1 4.8
Portugal 117,738 475,882 593,620 6.7 22.0 5.6
Romania 198,065 835,885 1,033,950 6.2 20.5 4.8
Slovakia 42,726 188,911 231,637 5.7 19.4 4.2
Slovenia 20,543 89,489 110,032 6.0 21.5 5.4
Spain 496,368 1,952,987 2,449,355 6.8 22.6 5.4
Sweden 113,722 409,373 523,095 6.9 22.4 5.6
UK 679,424 2,527,331 3,206,755 6.7 21.9 5.2
EU27 5,490,510 22,029,280 27,519,790 6.6 22.1 5.5