title: Decreased incidence of hip fracture in Hispanics, Asians, and blacks: California Hospital Discharge Data.
abstract: We examined the incidence of hip fracture in Non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, Black, and Asian Americans for the years 1983 and 1984 using a data base which contains a summary of all hospitalizations for the State of California. We found a consistently lower risk for hip fracture after age 60 in Hispanic, Black, and Asian American females than in White females who were not Hispanic. Overall age-adjusted hip fracture rates in Hispanic, Black, and Asian females were 49.7, 57.3, and 85.4, respectively, and 140.7/100,000 in White females who were not Hispanic. These differences were not found in males, although Whites (not Hispanic) had the highest incidence of hip fractures among males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, UCLA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Madison
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian; D002140:California; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D044465:White People