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. 2016 Feb 4;27:2017–2025. doi: 10.1007/s00198-016-3488-8

Table 2.

Incidence rate and total number of fractures stratified by gender and fracture type in people aged 50 years and older

Incidence rate/10,000 py (95 % CI) Number of fractures
Fracture type Total Men Women Total Men Women
Ankle 20.9 (20.3–21.5) 14.0 (13.2–14.7) 27.1 (26.1–28.1) 4234 1348 2886
Carpal 6.4 (6.0–6.7) 4.8 (4.3–5.2) 7.8 (7.3–8.4) 1295 460 834
Clavicle 8.9 (8.5–9.3) 10.4 (9.7–11.0) 7.7 (7.1–8.2) 1812 998 814
Femur 6.1 (5.8–6.4) 4.0 (3.6–4.4) 8.0 (7.5–8.5) 1237 385 852
Foot 21.0 (20.4–21.6) 14.8 (14.0–15.5) 26.6 (25.7–27.6) 4257 1423 2834
Forearm 65.1 (64.0–66.2) 26.0 (25.0–27.0) 100.5 (98.6–102.4) 13,192 2504 10,688
Hip 43.8 (42.9–44.7) 29.2 (28.1–30.2) 57.1 (55.7–58.5) 8884 2811 6073
Humerus 29.1 (28.3–29.8) 15.9 (15.2–16.7) 40.9 (39.7–42.2) 5893 1537 4356
Patella 3.3 (3.0–3.5) 2.2 (1.9–2.5) 4.3 (3.9–4.7) 666 211 455
Pelvis 9.7 (9.2–10.1) 5.4 (4.9–5.8) 13.6 (12.9–14.3) 1962 517 1445
Rib 7.7 (7.3–8.1) 10.3 (9.6–10.9) 5.4 (4.9–5.8) 1562 991 571
Scapula 1.6 (1.4–1.8) 2.0 (1.8–2.3) 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 320 196 123
Skull 7.7 (7.3–8.1) 7.5 (6.9–8.0) 7.9 (7.4–8.4) 1561 720 841
Tibia 8.7 (8.3–9.1) 6.3 (5.8–6.9) 10.8 (10.2–11.4) 1761 612 1149
Clinical symptomatic vertebral 10.9 (10.4–11.3) 10.3 (9.6–10.9) 11.4 (10.8–12.1) 2204 989 1215
Major osteoporotic 142.0 (140.3–143.6) 78.4 (76.6–80.1) 199.6 (196.9–202.2) 28,786 7552 21,234

py person-year; major osteoporotic hip, forearm, humerus or clinical symptomatic vertebral fracture; CI confidence interval