Osteoporosis facts and figures
Read the startling facts and figures about osteoporosis, the 'silent epidemic'.
- Hospital costs alone of Osteoporosis in Australia are currently more than $800 million each year (Garvan Institute, Sydney).
- One in 2 women over 60 and one in 3 men will sustain a fracture due to osteoporosis (Garvan Institute, Sydney).
- Over a 12 month period, 709 in 100,000 Australian women will suffer a hip fracture and be hospitalised. This extrapolates to 17,725 Australian women with hip fractures in 12 months (Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study).
- 17 per cent of people with hip fractures die within 4 months (North Sydney Health Service Study).
- More than 50 per cent of people with hip fracture will require long term nursing care (Royal Australasian College of Physicians).
- On current rates we can expect an 83 per cent increase in hip fractures by 2011 (National Research Institute of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Melbourne).
- One in 3 hospital beds will be occupied by elderly women with fractures by 2020 (Garvan Institute).
- The cost of osteoporosis nationally will be $1 billion+ on current trends by 2010 (Garvan Institute).
Last Reviewed: 14 November 2001
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