Table 2. Age- and sex-standardized incidence of fractures in 2019, presented for the total number and for the 10 most common fractures.
Anatomical site |
20–29
years |
30–39
years |
40–49
years |
50–59
years |
60–69
years |
70–79
years |
80–89
years |
≥ 90
years |
Percentage female/male
Incidence female/male | ||||||||
Total | 1.3/3.0 195.9/415.2 |
1.4/3.2 185.6/394.2 |
2.1/3.6 285.1/481.5 |
6.3/5.8 644.8/598.6 |
9.0/5.4 1146.7/731.4 |
14.2/6.0 2391.3/1203.3 |
21.4/7.3 4927.2/2646.2 |
7.9/1.9 10 284.5/4999.1 |
Femur femoral neck | 0.1/0.1 1.1/2.4 |
0.1/0.3 2.1/4.8 |
0.4/0.8 6.5/12.6 |
2.8/2.4 33.5/29.1 |
6.2/4.3 95.1/68.7 |
15.6/8.2 310.4/192.7 |
29.9/12.9 816.6/554.9 |
11.9/4.0 1828.3/1224.4 |
Femur pertrochanteric | 0/0.1 0.4/1.9 |
0.1/0.3 1.1/4.5 |
0.2/0.6 2.6/9.0 |
1.4/2.1 14.8/23.0 |
4.1/3.9 55.3/56.1 |
12.6/6.9 226.9/147.5 |
33.1/12.0 818.2/4 67.7 |
18.4/4.2 2549.9/1181.7 |
Distal radius | 1.6/2.3 24.3/33.0 |
2.1/2.7 18.7/35.6 |
3.5/3.4 50.3/47.9 |
12.8/5.0 136.9/54.0 |
19.4/3.9 258.3/55.5 |
20.1/2.5 352.7/52.4 |
16.0/1.5 387.3/56.8 |
2.9/0.2 393.9/57.5 |
Proximal humerus | 0.3/0.5 4.5/6.2 |
0.7/1.3 7.6/15.0 |
1.5/2.2 18.6/26.3 |
7.7/4.5 70.7/41.1 |
14.3/5.0 162.8/60.4 |
21.7/5.3 326.7/94.9 |
23.3/4.9 478.1/158.8 |
5.7/1.1 666.7/247.6 |
Lumbar spine | 1.3/1.7 13.2/16.1 |
0.9/1.7 8.1/14.4 |
1.3/2.4 11.9/22.4 |
4.6/4.8 32.8/34.6 |
7.5/6.0 66.0/56.2 |
16.3/8.7 190.1/121.1 |
23.9/10.9 383.4/274.8 |
6.0/2.1 537.4/385.2 |
Pelvic ring | 0.8/0.6 7.4/4.8 |
0.7/0.7 5.1/5.1 |
0.9/0.9 7.0/6.9 |
2.9/1.9 17.6/11.5 |
4.9/2.5 36.9/19.8 |
16.7/3.9 165.1/45.4 |
38.2/6.7 518.6/142.7 |
15.8/2.1 1203.4/316.8 |
Lateral malleolus | 8.5/16.1 27.0/46.4 |
9.6/14.0 26.7/37.9 |
15.8/14.9 45.6/42.5 |
31.1/21.2 67.3/46.3 |
25.2/15.6 67.9/44.8 |
21.0/11.4 74.9/48.4 |
13.9/6.1 67.9/47.0 |
2.3/0.7 63.1/36.7 |
Multiple ribs | 0.3/0.7 2.3/4.6 |
0.6/2.1 3.5/12.1 |
1.2/4.5 7.6/27.6 |
3.5/11.2 16.3/52.8 |
2.7/10.6 21.5/65.7 |
7.9/11.7 60.6/106.4 |
17.1/13.3 179.9/220.1 |
8.4/3.2 500.5/377.3 |
Thoracic spine | 1.5/2.5 9.3/13.8 |
1.2/2.7 6.2/13.6 |
1.4/2.9 7.7/16.2 |
4.9/5.3 20.3/22.1 |
7.3/5.5 37.8/30.4 |
16.5/7.3 112.7/59.2 |
24.6/8.6 231.0/127.0 |
6.3/1.6 331.6/168.2 |
Clavicle | 2.8/13.5 13.6/60.9 |
2.4/12.5 10.3/51.7 |
2.5/12.7 11.2/56.6 |
6.2/16.3 20.8/55.2 |
5.1/8.3 21.5/37.1 |
4.6/3.9 25.7/25.9 |
4.9/3.3 37.4/26.1 |
1.6/0.4 70.0/38.2 |
* The incidence values of the male and female population per 100 000 inhabitants are presented for the age groups in 10-year increments as well as in percent proportion of the total number of fractures at the respective anatomical site