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Table 2 Numbers of fractures in women with and without RA (1994–96) in the Barwon Statistical Division, stratified by year of data ascertainment

From: Rheumatoid arthritis and incident fracture in women: a case–control study

 

Rheumatoid arthritis (cases)

Non-rheumatoid arthritis (controls)

Year

RA population at risk

Fracture numbers (%)

Population at risk*

Fracture numbers (%)**

1994

319

3 (0.94%)

57,491

601 (1.04%)

1995

333

5 (1.50%)

57,477

690 (1.20%)

1996

356

11 (3.09%)

57,454

690 (1.20%)

Total

1,008

19 (1.88%)

172,422

1,981 (1.15%)

  1. *Control population figures were extrapolated using 1996 Census data [15].
  2. **Raw fractures figures were ascertained for 1994–1996 from Sanders et al. [18].