Osteoporosis affects an estimated 44 million Americans over the age of 50--10 million have been diagnosed with the disease and 34 million more are estimated to have low bone mass, putting them at increased risk. -- National Osteoporosis Foundation. America’s Bone Health: The State of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in Our Nation. Washington, D.C. : National Osteoporosis Foundation. 2002. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:58:08 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1496 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1496 4 out of 5 people with osteoporosis are women. -- National Osteoporosis Foundation. America’s Bone Health: The State of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in Our Nation. Washington, D.C. : National Osteoporosis Foundation. 2002. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:48:02 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1497 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1497 Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis--close to 8 million (80%) are women and over 2 million (20%) are men. -- National Osteoporosis Foundation. America’s Bone Health: The State of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in Our Nation. Washington, D.C. : National Osteoporosis Foundation. 2002. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:48:40 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1498 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1498 Of the 34 million Americans with low bone mass--around 22 million (65%) are women and 12 million (35%) are men. -- National Osteoporosis Foundation. America’s Bone Health: The State of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in Our Nation. Washington, D.C. : National Osteoporosis Foundation. 2002. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:59:15 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1499 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1499 A woman's lifetime risk of hip fracture equals her combined risk of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer. -- Riggs, Lawrence B. and Joseph Melton. Osteoporosis, Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. 1995. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:02:07 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1500 55% of the 50 and older population has osteoporosis or low bone mass. -- National Osteoporosis Foundation. America’s Bone Health: The State of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in Our Nation. Washington, D.C. : National Osteoporosis Foundation. 2002. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:50:50 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1501 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1501 An estimated 30% of postmenopausal white women have osteoporosis and 54% have osteopenia. By the age of 80, that number increases to an estimated 70% of white women with osteoporosis and 27% with osteopenia. -- Melton, Joseph. "How Many Women Have Osteoporosis Now? ". J Bone Miner Res. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 175-7. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:20:18 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1502 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1502 Around 70% of all osteoporosis-related fractures occur in patients age 65 and older. -- Burge, Russel T., Bess Dawson-Hughes, Alison B. King, Daniel H. Solomon, Anna Tosteson, and John B. Wong. "Incidence and Economic Burden of Osteoporosis-Related Fractures in the United States, 2005-2025". J Bone Miner Res. Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 465-75. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:20:48 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1503 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1503 Women age 85 years and older are close to 8 times more likely to be hospitalized because of a hip fracture than women ages 65-74. -- Stevens, Judy A., La Mar Hasbrouck, Tonji Durant, Ann Dellinger, Prabhansu Batabyal, Alexander Crosby, Balarami Valluru, Marcie-jo Kresnow, and Janet Guerrero. "Surveillance for Injuries and Violence Among Older Adults". MMWR. Vol. 48, No. SS-8, pp. 27-50. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:21:53 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1504 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1504 In 2006, close to 90% of all hopsital stays involving an injury likely due to osteoporosis occurred among patients 65 years and older; 37% occurred among patients 85 and older. -- Russo, C. Allison, Laurel Holmquist, Anne Elixhauser. U.S. Hospitalizations Involving Osteoporosis and Injury, 2006. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. July 2009. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:18:59 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1767 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1767