Table 3.

Regional variation in hip fracture incidence, and incidence of any fracture in men and women aged 50+ years in the UK, ranked in order of increasing incidence.

Regional variation in spine, wrist, and fragility fracture (spine, hip, wrist, rib, pelvis, and humerus) incidence is supplied in Online Supplementary Material Table 2.

	Men aged 50+			Women aged 50+
	Region	No of cases	Rate / 10,000 py	Region	No of cases	Rate / 10,000 py
Femur/ Hip	London	1052	9.06	London	3420	25.82
	East of England	1272	10.21	North West	5367	29.13
	West Midlands	1233	10.70	West Midlands	3902	30.18
	North West	1742	10.75	South East Coast	4402	30.36
	South East Coast	1350	10.75	East of England	4315	30.93
	East Midlands	613	10.92	Wales	3919	31.93
	Yorks & The Humber	610	11.20	East Midlands	2012	32.34
	Wales	1227	11.31	Yorks & The Humber	2178	34.65
	South Central	1713	12.85	North East	988	35.01
	North East	316	12.89	South Central	5439	36.91
	South West	1547	14.17	Scotland	4372	37.12
	Scotland	1517	14.68	South West	4954	39.79
	Northern Ireland	574	15.57	Northern Ireland	1815	41.64
All fractures	London	6079	59.12	London	15371	133.56
	East of England	6951	65.30	East of England	17294	145.98
	East Midlands	3168	66.53	West Midlands	15933	148.96
	South East Coast	7225	67.24	East Midlands	7928	149.26
	West Midlands	6614	69.26	South East Coast	18610	150.53
	South Central	7833	71.61	North West	24386	158.93
	Yorks & The Humber	3321	72.04	South Central	19417	159.41
	North West	10049	74.93	Wales	16959	164.63
	South West	6923	76.34	Yorks & The Humber	8764	166.12
	Wales	6978	76.72	South West	17365	168.03
	North East	1596	80.94	North East	3966	173.33
	Scotland	6805	86.71	Scotland	16615	179.11
	Northern Ireland	2804	95.18	Northern Ireland	6488	183.34