Change in incidence of hip fracture in Gwangju City and Jeonnam Province, Korea, over 20 years

Park, Kyung-Soon; Woo, Seong-Hwan; Park, Won-Ju; Rowe, Sung-Man; Yoon, Tae Mi

doi:10.1007/s11657-015-0242-3

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“…Examples of the well-documented incidence rates of hip fractures were those in Gwangju city and Jeollanam-do, which have been reported every decade since 1991 10 11) . The hip fracture incidence in patients aged ≥50 years is increasing and reported to be 33/100,000 (1991), 133/100,000 (2001), and 140/100,000 (2011) 12) . A prospective longitudinal hospital-based study based on a cohort study in Jeju Island aimed to investigating the hip fracture incidence in patients aged ≥50 years between 2002 and 2011 8) .…”

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Recent Epidemiology of Hip Fractures in South Korea

Kim

Lim

2020

Hip & Pelvis

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Osteoporosis is a common musculoskeletal disease in elderly populations that increases the risk and frequency of low-trauma fractures 1). Among osteoporotic fractures (e.g., spine, hip, wrist, and humerus), hip fractures are the most serious cause of morbidity, disability, mortality, and increased economic burden in elderly patients 2,3). Although the age-adjusted incidence rate of hip fractures is reportedly steady or declining in many countries, the total number of hip fractures is increasing due to the increase in elderly populations 4-6). According to the national age-specific mortality and life expectancy in 35 industrialized countries with high-qual

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