Minimal trauma hip fracture hospitalisations among older Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: A retrospective population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare minimal trauma hip fractures (MTHF) between older Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Methods

Epidemiological study of retrospective New South Wales hospitalisation data (2005-2016) for MTHF among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians over 40 years of age.

Results

Estimated age-standardised rates of MTHF were lower among Indigenous Australians than non-Indigenous Australians (142.2 vs. 161.7 per 100,000) with a direct standardised rate ratio of 0.887 (95%CI 0.78-0.99, p = 0.031). However, for both male and female Indigenous Australians, MTHF occur at a younger age than in non-Indigenous Australians (age 40-74: 52% vs. 19%, p < 0.001). Proportions of MTHF are higher among women and were almost double among rural Indigenous Australians c

SUBMITTER: Pit S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087527 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature