Fractures of the Hip and Distal Forearm in West Africa and the United Kingdom

• Published in: Age and ageing Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 435 - 438
• Main Authors: ADEBAJO, A. O., COOPER, C., EVANS, J. GRIMLEY
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.11.1991; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Aged; Aging & longevity; Biological and medical sciences; Bones; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographic aspects; England - epidemiology; Epidemiology; Female; Femur; Fractures; Fractures (Injuries); General aspects; Hip fractures; Hip Fractures - epidemiology; Hip Fractures - etiology; Hip joint; Humans; Incidence; Life Style; Male; Medical research; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nigeria - epidemiology; Osteoporosis; Osteoporosis - epidemiology; Osteoporosis - etiology; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Radius (Anatomy); Radius Fractures - epidemiology; Radius Fractures - etiology; Sexes; Statistics; Ulna; Ulna Fractures - epidemiology; Ulna Fractures - etiology; Urban Population; United Kingdom; Nigeria; Europe; Africa; England; British Isles, England; Nigeria, Ibadan; Human; Forearm; Sex; Fracture; Epidemiology; Age; Comparative study; Hip
• ISSN: 0002-0729; 1468-2834
• DOI: 10.1093/ageing/20.6.435

Comparison of age- and sex-specific incidence rates of fractures of the proximal femur and the distal forearm showed significantly lower rates in Ibadan than in two urban centres in England, with risk ratio of up to 20. In the Ibadan data no evidence of higher rates in women or of a prominent age-associated increase in rates was observed.