Recent trends in the incidence of hip fracture in Tottori Prefecture, Japan: changes over 32 years.

ABSTRACT: The incidence rate of hip fracture in Tottori Prefecture tended to increase until 2018 in men, but it did not increase after 2010 in women. By type of fracture, the incidence rate of femoral neck fractures also increased over time in men, but no other changes were observed from 2010.

Purpose

The aims of this study were to determine the sex-, age-, and fracture-type-specific incidence rates of hip fractures in Tottori Prefecture between 2007 and 2018 and to compare the results with our past results to identify changes over time.

Methods

All hip fractures in people aged 35 years or older living in Tottori Prefecture were surveyed from 2007 to 2018 throughout the entire prefecture, and the age- and sex-specific incidence rates were calculated. The incidence rates from 1986 to 19

SUBMITTER: Hagino H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7529614 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature