Time trends of age-adjusted incidence rates of first hip fractures: a register-based study among older people in Viborg County, Denmark, 1987–1997

Abstract

In conclusion, the results provided support for an increasing incidence of first hip fractures, even when aging of the population was accounted for.

Epidemiology of hip fractures in Austria: evidence for a change in the secular trend

“…The rise in hip fracture incidence in Finland between the early 1970s and the late 1990s has been followed by a clear decrease [5]. Similar changes have been observed for populations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Ontario (Canada), and some North American regions [6][7][8][9][10].…”

“…However, in more recent years, the trend has been reversed for both sexes: In Northern USA and Canada, age-adjusted incidence rates have decreased since the 1980s, and data from the Nordic countries also exhibit a reversal of the trend, albeit from a later date [5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

Incidence of hip fracture in the Republic of Ireland and future projections: a population-based study

“…Several studies from the early 1990s have suggested a temporal increase in incidence rates of hip fracture [13][14][15][16][17][18]. However, in recent years, it has been suggested that age-adjusted hip fracture rates may be leveling off or decreasing [5,[19][20][21][22][23][24]. Reasons for the possible leveling off in rates are largely unknown but may include a more healthy aging population, a greater average body mass index, an improved dietary intake in subsequent generations, and a more comprehensive diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis in the elderly population.…”

Increasing age- and sex-specific rates of hip fracture in Mexico: a survey of the Mexican institute of social security

“…Although increases of a comparable or greater magnitude have been observed in many other countries [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], in recent years, age-adjusted increases of incidence of hip fracture appear to have attenuated or levelled off in the UK, Canada, and Australia [19,26,32] and decreased in the US, Sweden, Netherlands, Finland, and Norway [14,23,28,33,34].…”