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October 2007, Vol 97, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1733-1734
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.116897

LETTER

REMARKABLE DECLINE IN HIP FRACTURE INCIDENCE IN YOUNGER AGE GROUPS IN GERMANY

Andrea Icks, MD, DrPH, Burkhard Haastert, PhD and Gabriele Meyer, PhD

Andrea Icks is with the Faculty of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Düsseldorf, Germany, and the North-Rhine Westphalian Chamber of Physicians, Düsseldorf. Burkhard Haastert is with mediStatistica, Neuenrade, Germany. Gabriele Meyer is with the University of Bremen, Institute of Public Health and Nursing, Bremen, Germany.

Correspondence: Request for reprints should be sent to Andrea Icks, MD, DrPH, North-Rhine Westphalian Chamber of Physicians, Tersteegenstr. 9, D-40474 Düsseldorf, Germany (e-mail: dr.andrea.icks@aekno.de).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

Hip fractures have a large economic impact because of the requirement of hospital and follow-up care, in addition to causing substantial health deterioration.1 Numerous studies have presented trends of hip fracture incidence, focusing on people aged 45 or 50 years and older.2,3 Data on younger age groups has not been discussed yet. Analyses of trends for injury-related hospitalization do not separately report hip fractures3–5 as do analyses of other injuries (e.g., traumatic brain injury).6 The majority of hip fractures occur in older age groups because of low mineral bone mass, which leads to an increased risk of fall-related fractures. However, . . . [Full Text]




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