Decreasing incidence of hip fracture in the Funen County, Denmark

Figures & data

Figure 1. Hip fracture incidence rates per 1,000 inhabitants (mid-year population) from 1996 to 2003 in Funen County, Denmark, with Poisson based 95% CI. Poisson regression line added on all. *Significant decrease. Blue – all records with a diagnosis of hip fracture (n = 8,307). Green – all verified hip fractures (n = 7,457). Red – all verified first hip fractures (n = 6,676). Circles – women, squares – men.

Figure 2. The age and sex-specific incidence rate per 1,000 inhabitants (mid-year population) of verified first hip fracture for 1996 (blue) and 2003 (red) in Funen County, Denmark, with Poisson-based 95% CI. *Significant decrease.

The male and female distribution of the population of Funen County, verified first and subsequent hip fracture, for specific age groups, 1996–1999 and 2000–2003

	1996–1999			2000–2003
	1st	2nd	Population	1st	2nd	Population
Male age groups
50–59	13	1	29,603	18	0	34,095
60–69	30	0	20,712	22	2	23,571
70–79	78	0	14,845	57	9	14,769
80–84	53	0	4,154	40	5	4,196
85–90	48	1	1,884	40	4	2,059
90+	25	0	661	23	2	805
Total	247	2	71,859	200	22	79,495
Female age groups
50–59	15	1	29,110	19	0	33,607
60–69	56	1	22,426	50	5	24,407
70–79	165	4	19,670	164	17	18,468
80–84	155	6	6,942	122	20	7,011
85–90	154	2	4,199	141	24	4,471
90+	89	3	2,022	101	13	2,540
Total	634	17	84,369	597	79	90,504