Citation

Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Miles TP, Brody JA, Stiers W, Rimm AA. Am. J. Public Health 1990; 80(7): 871-873.

Affiliation

Division of Biostatistics/Clinical Epidemiology, Medical College, Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2356916

PMCID

PMC1404978

Abstract

Data were obtained from the Health Care Financing Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs (formerly called Veterans Administration) on all hospital discharges among the elderly population from 1984 through 1987 and combined with census estimates to calculate incidence rates of hip fracture for the elderly population of the United States. Rates for White women were the highest, reaching 35.4 per 1,000 per year among 95 year-olds. Comparably, White men, Black women, and Black men experienced similar age-related increases in risk, although of less magnitude and relatively less rate of change, respectively.