title: Increased hip-fracture incidence in the county of Ostergötland, Sweden, 1940-1986, with forecasts up to the year 2000: an epidemiological study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kornmunhälsan, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Löfman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berglund
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Toss
mesh_terms: 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