Increased hip-fracture incidence in the county of Ostergötland, Sweden, 1940-1986, with forecasts up to the year 2000: an epidemiological study.
The incidence of hip fractures in the county of Ostergötland in Sweden has increased dramatically from 1940 to 1986, mainly due to an increase in age-specific incidence of trochanteric fractures. The increase is most pronounced in people over 80 but is present even in age groups down to 50 years. If the age-specific incidence rates continue to increase, and the population of the elderly grows in accordance with the forecast, there will be 70% more hip fractures in the year 2000 than in 1985.
Nilsson
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Kornmunhälsan, Linköping, Sweden.
Löfman
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Berglund
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K
Larsson
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L
Toss
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000293:injuries; D005544:Forecasting; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health