Temporal trends in hip fracture incidence, mortality, and morbidity in Denmark from 1999 to 2012.

ABSTRACT: Background and purpose - While development in hip fracture incidence and mortality is well examined, none has yet looked at the temporal trends regarding prevalence of co-morbidities. Therefore we investigated changes in incidence of first hip fracture, co-morbidity prevalence, 30 day- and 1-year mortality in hip fracture patients in the Danish population during the period 1999 to 2012. Patients and methods - Patients >18 years admitted with a fractured hip in Denmark between 1996 and 2012 were identified with data for the period 1999-2012 being analyzed regarding prevalence of co-morbidities, incidence, and mortality. Results - 122,923 patients were identified. Incidence in the whole population declined but sex-specific analysis showed no changes for men. For the whole study population, 3

SUBMITTER: Jantzen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5901514 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature