Table 2.
Population and number of cases of osteoporotic fractures in women
| Swedish-born | Foreign-born | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Events | Population | Events | |||||
| No. | % | No | % | No. | % | No | % | |
| Total population | 1,311,995 | 245,486 | 161,499 | 20,566 | ||||
| Subtype of events | ||||||||
| Humerus fractures | 46,627 | 19.0 | 3902 | 19.0 | ||||
| Low forearm fractures | 76,395 | 31.1 | 8371 | 40.7 | ||||
| Hip fractures | 106,460 | 43.4 | 6814 | 33.1 | ||||
| Vertebral fractures | 16,004 | 6.5 | 1479 | 7.2 | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 50–59 | 461,985 | 35.2 | 47,241 | 19.2 | 73,026 | 45.2 | 5205 | 25.3 |
| 60–69 | 318,812 | 24.3 | 55,061 | 22.4 | 49,818 | 30.8 | 6559 | 31.9 |
| 70v79 | 311,110 | 23.7 | 84,807 | 34.5 | 29,203 | 18.1 | 6476 | 31.5 |
| ≥ 80 | 220,088 | 16.8 | 58,377 | 23.8 | 9452 | 5.9 | 2326 | 11.3 |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| ≤ 9 | 700,005 | 53.4 | 147,279 | 60.0 | 95,597 | 59.2 | 10,991 | 53.4 |
| 10–12 | 363,200 | 27.7 | 61,709 | 25.1 | 35,611 | 22.1 | 5391 | 26.2 |
| > 12 | 248,790 | 19.0 | 36,498 | 14.9 | 30,291 | 18.8 | 4184 | 20.3 |
| Region of residence | ||||||||
| Large cities | 434,045 | 33.1 | 86,752 | 35.3 | 62,655 | 38.8 | 9919 | 48.2 |
| Southern Sweden | 612,897 | 46.7 | 114,481 | 46.6 | 49,162 | 30.4 | 7651 | 37.2 |
| Northern Sweden | 265,053 | 20.2 | 44,253 | 18.0 | 49,682 | 30.8 | 2996 | 14.6 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 1,069,274 | 81.5 | 186,477 | 76.0 | 141,416 | 87.6 | 16,677 | 81.1 |
| Not married | 242,721 | 18.5 | 59,009 | 24.0 | 20,083 | 12.4 | 3889 | 18.9 |
| Neighbourhood deprivation | ||||||||
| Low | 194,570 | 14.8 | 34,053 | 13.9 | 13,981 | 8.7 | 2200 | 10.7 |
| Middle | 713,264 | 54.4 | 136,888 | 55.8 | 55,067 | 34.1 | 8886 | 43.2 |
| High | 152,496 | 11.6 | 29,300 | 11.9 | 19,752 | 12.2 | 2835 | 13.8 |
| Unknown | 251,665 | 19.2 | 45,245 | 18.4 | 72,699 | 45.0 | 6645 | 32.3 |
| Hospital diagnosis of COPD | 106,912 | 8.1 | 24,390 | 9.9 | 12,911 | 8.0 | 2620 | 12.7 |
| Hospital diagnosis of diabetes | 127,633 | 9.7 | 26,916 | 11.0 | 15,769 | 9.8 | 2593 | 12.6 |
| Hospital diagnosis of alcoholism | 13,516 | 1.0 | 3692 | 1.5 | 2011 | 1.2 | 523 | 2.5 |
| Hospital diagnosis of stroke | 177,517 | 13.5 | 44,891 | 18.3 | 16,777 | 10.4 | 3692 | 18.0 |
| Hospital diagnosis of hypertension | 356,966 | 27.2 | 77,779 | 31.7 | 41,217 | 25.5 | 7279 | 35.4 |
| Hospital diagnosis of cancer | 279,069 | 21.3 | 50,671 | 20.6 | 25,922 | 16.1 | 4088 | 19.9 |
| Hospital diagnosis of liver disease | 10,065 | 0.8 | 2222 | 0.9 | 1241 | 0.8 | 225 | 1.1 |
| Hospital diagnosis of endocrine disorders | 28,512 | 2.2 | 6430 | 2.6 | 3139 | 1.9 | 562 | 2.7 |
| Hospital diagnosis of systemic connective tissue disorders | 37,356 | 2.8 | 8689 | 3.5 | 3287 | 2.0 | 677 | 3.3 |
| Hospital diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis | 31,845 | 2.4 | 7543 | 3.1 | 3202 | 2.0 | 686 | 3.3 |
| Hospital diagnosis of intestinal malabsorption | 4177 | 0.3 | 895 | 0.4 | 302 | 0.2 | 64 | 0.3 |
| All | 1,311,995 | 100.0 | 245,486 | 100.0 | 161,499 | 100.0 | 20,566 | 100.0 |
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease