Trends in hip fracture rates in Canada

Abstract

Context: Hip fractures are a public health concern because they are associated with significant morbidity, excess mortality, and the majority of the costs directly attributable to osteoporosis. Objective: To examine trends in hip fracture rates in Canada. Design, Setting, and Patients: Ecologic trend study using nationwide hospitalization data for 1985 to 2005 from a database at the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Data for all patients with a hospitalization for which the primary reason was a hip fracture (570 872 hospitalizations) were analyzed. Main Outcome Measures: Age-specific and age-standardized hip fracture rates. Results: There was a decrease in age-specific hip fracture rates (all P for trend