Silver Book Fact
In 2005, osteoporosis was responsible for more than 2 million fractures in men and women over the age of 50, including approximately:
- 297,000 hip fractures
- 547,000 vertebral fractures
- 380,000 wrist fractures
- 810,000 fractures at other sites
Burge R, Dawson-Hughes B, Solomon D, Wong J, et al. Incidence and Economic Burden of Osteoporosis-Related Fractures in the United States, 2005-2025. J Bone Miner Res. 2007; 22(3): 465-75. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17144789