Table 5. Numbers of all fractures occurring in women, 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	2,643	82.8	98.9	95.0	82.0
Femoral diaphysis	154	77.0	92.2	81.2	70.1
Acetabulum	54	76.6	92.6	79.6	66.7
Pelvis	536	76.5	90.3	79.1	70.3
Distal femur	151	75.2	89.4	76.8	63.6
Proximal humerus	1,588	69.7	92.2	66.4	38.9
Spine	315	68.7	84.1	65.7	51.4
Humeral diaphysis	176	67.3	85.8	60.8	42.6
Distal humerus	164	67.1	81.1	61.6	43.3
Patella	177	65.7	82.5	59.9	38.4
Distal radius	3,259	63.9	83.2	51.4	28.0
Scapula	113	63.9	85.0	50.4	22.1
Proximal tibia	314	61.7	77.7	47.1	29.0
Clavicle	313	59.3	69.6	42.8	27.8
Forearm	88	56.9	62.5	45.5	28.4
Ankle	1,700	56.7	66.8	37.3	18.3
Tibia diaphysis	128	56.1	66.4	36.7	21.9
Proximal forearm	814	54.3	65.0	29.2	13.3
Distal tibia	100	54.2	57.0	34.0	19.0
Metacarpal	587	53.5	61.3	35.8	18.9
Carpus	181	53.1	62.4	30.9	13.3
Calcaneus	88	52.4	55.7	28.4	13.6
Metatarsal	791	51.0	55.8	24.4	11.9
Finger phalanx	698	50.7	52.3	28.4	13.2
Toe phalanx	447	47.0	47.4	15.4	3.8
Midfoot	132	45.3	44.7	18.2	6.8
Talus	35	44.5	34.3	20.0	5.7

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