Table 4. Numbers of all fractures occurring in men, arranged in order of decreasing mean age, and with proportion of each of the fracture types in patients over 50, 65, and 75 years of age.

Fracture	n	Mean age (years)	> 50 years (%)	> 65 years (%)	> 75 years (%)
Proximal femur	1,350	77.9	95.8	87.1	67.9
Acetabulum	110	64.2	74.5	55.5	37.3
Pelvis	180	63.3	72.2	53.3	40.0
Proximal humerus	649	59.0	66.7	42.7	23.6
Spine	355	57.8	65.4	41.7	27.6
Distal humerus	85	56.5	65.9	43.5	27.1
Distal femur	53	55.2	66.0	45.3	18.9
Patella	131	53.0	55.0	36.6	19.1
Femoral diaphysis	57	52.6	54.4	36.8	24.6
Humeral diaphysis	147	52.1	57.8	35.4	16.3
Scapula	191	50.0	49.2	21.5	12.6
Distal radius	1,186	48.6	50.4	24.5	12.9
Ankle	1,099	46.8	45.7	20.0	7.8
Proximal tibia	231	45.8	40.7	13.4	6.9
Calcaneus	164	43.7	35.4	14.6	3.0
Clavicle	678	43.6	37.6	14.6	6.2
Distal tibia	117	43.0	34.2	14.5	2.6
Toe phalanx	357	42.0	30.3	10.4	4.8
Proximal forearm	599	41.9	31.2	12.0	5.7
Finger phalanx	851	41.8	30.9	13.0	4.5
Tibia diaphysis	163	41.7	32.5	12.3	3.7
Metatarsal	548	39.9	29.0	9.9	3.6
Midfoot	151	39.3	28.5	8.6	2.0
Carpus	425	38.4	24.5	9.2	4.2
Forearm	108	37.5	25.0	8.3	3.7
Metacarpal	1,377	34.4	18.4	7.5	3.4
Talus	61	33.3	13.1	4.9	1.6

n, number of fractures for each fracture type; %, percentage of all fractures.