Table 4.

Incidence of fragility fractures per 10,000 py by ethnicity in men and women 50+ years in the UK, 1988 to 2012.

		Men aged 50+		Women aged 50+		All persons aged 50+
Fracture type	Ethnicity	Number of cases	Rate per 10,000 py	Number of cases	Rate per 10,000 py	Number of cases	Rate per 10,000 py
All	Black	206	39.17	369	57.84	575	49.40
	Mixed	53	45.96	143	98.96	196	75.43
	Other	299	55.11	736	112.60	1035	86.52
	S Asian	577	57.21	946	91.05	1523	74.38
	Unknown	33627	66.02	84278	150.41	117905	110.23
	White	41584	78.83	102624	166.18	144208	125.94
Fragility	Black	88	15.75	149	22.26	237	19.30
	Mixed	22	17.37	77	50.12	99	35.32
	Other	170	28.88	496	70.98	666	51.73
	S Asian	289	26.85	491	44.46	780	35.77
	Unknown	20713	36.27	59328	97.53	80041	67.87
	White	25285	41.74	71081	104.03	96366	74.76
Radius/ Ulna	Black	26	4.60	62	9.19	88	7.10
	Mixed	3	2.32	31	19.79	34	11.89
	Other	37	6.13	206	28.59	243	18.36
	S Asian	78	7.13	200	17.76	278	12.52
	Unknown	4745	8.04	24402	38.43	29147	23.79
	White	6106	9.70	30278	42.28	36384	27.04
Spine	Black	14	2.45	18	2.64	32	2.55
	Mixed	7	5.36	7	4.38	14	4.82
	Other	27	4.42	51	6.86	78	5.76
	S Asian	53	4.79	80	6.98	133	5.90
	Unknown	2611	4.32	6143	9.20	8754	6.88
	White	3249	5.03	7701	10.13	10950	7.79
Femur/ Hip	Black	26	4.57	44	6.45	70	5.59
	Mixed	4	3.07	14	8.77	18	6.21
	Other	49	8.04	160	21.63	209	15.49
	S Asian	68	6.15	115	10.03	183	8.13
	Unknown	6718	11.16	22230	33.66	28948	22.93
	White	7901	12.27	24520	32.61	32421	23.23