Age- and Gender-Specific Rate of Fractures in Australia: A Population-Based Study

Geographic variation of bone mineral density and selected risk factors for prediction of incident fracture among Canadians 50 and older

“…Many factors may contribute to the increased differences between sexes in fracture rates with ageing, including differences in bone strength [29,30], propensity to fall [26], and the load placed on the bone [31]. The gradient of fracture risk by age varies not only by sex, but also by skeletal site [28,32]. Of note, we used a composite outcome combining fractures occurring at different skeletal sites, and as such, we cannot comment on the relationships between age, sex and skeletal site.…”

Changes in hip fracture rates in southeastern Australia spanning the period 1994–2007

“…(6) Such increases in the absolute number of hip fractures are sequelae of age-related hip fracture incidence and the increase in the population at risk associated with an aging population. (6,7) Hip fracture is the most common reason for hospitalization following fracture. (2,3) Based on hospital separations, hip fracture incidence appears to be declining in Western populations, (8)(9)(10)(11) including Australia.…”

Volunteering as a productive ageing activity: the association with fall-related hip fracture in later life

“…Controls were matched to cases on sex, age (within 5 year age range) and postcode. Matching ensured that case and control groups had similar proportional distributions on age and sex, since it is known that hip fracture rates increase exponentially with age and are consistently higher in women than men in age groups over 65 years (Sanders et al 1999). Matching was also on postcode, used as a proxy indicator of socio-economic status (SES) (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004), since SES is also associated with risk of hip fracture (Farahmand et al 2000).…”