Table 3.

Trends in estimated number of new hip fracture patients per year, 1987–2012

	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007	2012
Total point estimation	53,200 people	76,600	92,400	117,900	148,100	175,700
(95 % confidence interval)		69,000–84,000	89,900–94,900	114,700–121,100	144,000–152,200	170,300–181,100
5-yr increase (% rate of increase)		23,400 (+44.0 %)	15,800 (+20.6 %)	25,500 (+27.6 %)	30,200 (+25.6 %)	27,600 (+18.6 %)
Men point estimation	13,500	18,700	20,800	25,300	31,300	37,600
(95 % confidence interval)		17,000–21,000	20,100–21,400	24,500–26,000	30,500–32,100	36,600–38,600
5-yr increase (% rate of increase)		5200 (+38.5 %)	2100 (+11.2 %)	4500 (+21.6 %)	6000 (+23.7 %)	6300 (+20.1 %)
Women point estimation	39,700	57,900	71,600	92,600	116,800	138,100
(95 % confidence interval)		52,000–64,000	69,600–73,600	90,000–95,200	113,900–119,700	134,300–141,900
5-yr increase (% rate of increase)		18,200 (+45.8 %)	13,700 (+23.7 %)	21,000 (+29.3 %)	24,200 (+26.1 %)	21,300 (+18.2 %)