Silver Book Fact
Even though women are more likely to sustain a hip fracture, men who suffer a hip fracture are twice as likely as women to die within 1-2 years of that fracture.
Wehren L, Hawkes W, Orwig D, et al. Gender Differences in Mortality After Hip Fracture: The role of infection. J Bone Miner Res. 2009; 18(12): 2231-7. https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.12.2231