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. 2021 Jun 2;16(1):82. doi: 10.1007/s11657-020-00871-9

Table 11.

Number of men and women (thousands) and proportion of the population aged 50–89 years (%) with a 10-year probability of a major fracture that exceeds 10%, 20% or the country specific fracture threshold for high and very high risk

Country Number of men and women (000) Proportion of population age 50–89 years (%)
>20% >10% >High risk >Very high risk >20% >10% >High risk >Very high risk
Austria 469 1297 386 234 13 36 11 6
Belgium 384 1185 512 315 9 27 12 7
Bulgaria 165 622 325 200 6 22 11 7
Croatia 103 371 196 120 6 22 11 7
Cyprus* 26 91 44 28 7 24 12 7
Czech 361 1144 471 288 9 28 12 7
Denmark 470 1116 252 148 21 49 11 6
Estonia 17 72 60 38 3 14 12 7
Finland 133 493 261 153 6 22 11 7
France 1856 5259 2892 1803 7 21 11 7
Germany 2719 8457 3846 2390 7 23 11 7
Greece 352 1158 534 336 8 26 12 8
Hungary 259 925 431 260 7 25 12 7
Ireland 145 446 179 109 9 29 12 7
Italy 2452 7024 3278 2073 9 26 12 8
Latvia* 39 151 94 58 5 20 12 8
Lithuania 58 223 138 86 5 20 12 8
Luxembourg* 15 49 24 14 7 23 11 7
Malta 14 47 20 13 8 27 12 8
Netherlands 277 1115 801 501 4 16 12 7
Poland 436 1820 1633 1018 3 13 12 7
Portugal 252 786 537 346 6 18 12 8
Romania 135 822 841 525 2 11 11 7
Slovakia 170 642 217 131 9 33 11 7
Slovenia* 56 202 93 56 7 23 11 6
Spain 753 2626 2113 1337 4 14 11 7
Sweden 616 1643 441 268 16 43 12 7
Switzerland 554 1397 375 215 16 41 11 6
UK 2280 7419 2858 1723 9 30 11 7
EU27+2 15566 48602 23852 14786 7 23 11 7

*Surrogate country used (see ,Methods)