title: [Fractures following accidental falls among the elderly in the county of Aarhus].
abstract: The incidence rates of common fall-related fractures were investigated in a Danish population of elderly people (> 64 years). One thousand one hundred and eighty fractures in 1016 patients were observed. About 26/1000 suffered a fracture per year, 47% being hip fractures, and 33% fractures of the wrist. Incidence rates increased with age, most markedly for fractures in the weight-bearing skeleton (hip, pelvis and vertebral column). Patients with a fall-related fracture had a four times higher risk of getting a new fracture. Increased mortality, adjusted for age and sex, ranged from 10 to 30 percent in the first year; except for fractures of the wrist, which were not associated with increased mortality.
authors.affiliation: Silkeborg Centralsygehus, ortopaedkirurgisk afdeling K.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zieger
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality
vernacular_title: Frakturer efter faldulykker hos aeldre i Arhus Amt.