title: Worldwide uptake of FRAX.
abstract: The worldwide uptake of FRAX is described.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The aim of this report was to determine the usage of FRAX worldwide over a 1-year period from 1 May 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  The number of FRAX calculations from each country was assessed over a 1-year period and expressed as calculations per million of the population aged 50 years or more. Countries were colour coded according to usage to populate a world map.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over the index year, there were estimated to be 2,391,639 calculations sourced from 173 counties. Uptake was high in North America, the Antipodes and most countries of Europe; intermediate in Latin America and the Middle East; and very low in Africa and much of South East Asia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is expected that the comparative data will encourage the development of new FRAX models and the uptake of FRAX into assessment guidelines.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK, w.j.pontefract@sheffield.ac.uk.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kanis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oden
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: McCloskey
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data