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. 2016 Jun 29;5:803. doi: 10.1038/bonekey.2016.30

Table 1. Data from 40 countries on hip fracture incidence, dairy consumption per annum, lactase persistence SNPs, animal protein consumption per annum and annual per capita income.

C1-T Country Hip fracture per 100 000a Dairy consumption (kg)b Lactase persistence SNPsc Animal protein (kg)d Per capita incomee
North America United States 595 253.8 86.5 126.6 54 370
  Canada 310.9 206.83 80 108.1 44 967
Europe United Kingdom 523.5 241.47 90 83.9 39 826
  Ireland 488 247.17 95 106.3 51 284
  Sweden 802.8 355.86 95 77.1 46 219
  Norway 563 261.52 86 65.7 67 166
  Denmark 853 295.62 96 61.7 44 625
  Finland 440 361.19 88 67.4 40 661
  Iceland 385 223.68 95 84.8 44 029
  Netherlands 368.3 320.15 99 89.3 47 960
  Belgium 538.7 238.47 85 86.1 43 139
  Switzerland 413 315.78 90 72.9 58 149
  Germany 522 247.24 82.5 82.1 46 216
  France 443 260.48 65 101.1 40 538
  Spain 353 177.49 85 118.6 33 835
  Portugal 408 222.94 75 91.1 27 069
  Italy 498.4 256.1 81 90.4 35 131
  Malta 502.5 188.64 80 86.9 33 198
  Hungary 488 175.59 63 100.7 25 019
  Russia 249 172.46 75 51 24 449
  Kazakhstan 651.1 260 28.5 56.02 19 744
Oceania Australia 295 235.11 90 117.6 46 550
  New Zealand 288 110.4 91 104 35 305
Latin America Mexico 169 115.18 45 62.2 17 950
  Argentina 298 213.1 40 36.5 22 302
  Brazil 138 124.61 15 80.5 16 155
  Venezuela 150 87.29 20 56.6 17 759
Asia China 97 29.04 5 53.5 13 224
  India 159 105.1 36.5 3.3 5808
  South Korea 262.8 71.5 10 48.9 35 379
  Japan 266 93 2.5 45.4 37 519
  Hong Kong 110 13.98 10 133.9 55 097
  Thailand 7.05 22.48 2 27.9 15 579
  Turkey 357 138.71 29 19.3 19 698
  Jordan 198 88.1 25 29.8 11 971
Africa Morocco 85.9 50 27 23.8 7813
  Cameroon 3 14.4 5 13.5 3007
  Kenya 245 98.64 35 15.4 3009
  Nigeria 2 5.4 5 8.6 6054
  South Africa 20 57.92 16 39 13 094

References45,46.

aSee Table 2 for global references on hip fracture incidence per 100,000 per annum.

bFAO Statistics Division.47

cSee Table 3 for references. Lactase persistence (LP) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) are inferred from calculations of percentage of LP in national or ethnic populations.

dFAO.48

eInternational Monetary Fund.49