BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 1 Population at risk, number of fractures and overall wrist fracture incidence

From: Epidemiology and time trends of distal forearm fractures in adults - a study of 11.2 million person-years in Sweden

Age stratum (years)	Men			Women
Age stratum (years)	At risk	Fractures	Incidence	At risk	Fractures	Incidence
≥ 17	5,478,970	8217	150	5,762,155	23,016	399
17–64	4,412,748	6045	137	4,342,588	9007	207
≥ 65	1,066,222	2172	204	1,419,567	14,009	987
17–49	3,081,881	4106	133	3,016,896	3425	114
≥ 50	2,397,089	4111	171	2,745,259	19,591	714
17–19	264,337	781	295	255,140	343	134
20–29	897,345	1152	128	889,840	835	94
30–39	983,138	946	96	951,017	954	100
40–49	937,061	1227	131	915,592	1293	141
50–59	920,560	1287	140	916,685	3201	349
60–69	734,078	1117	152	757,112	4699	621
70–79	476,240	843	177	588,380	5269	896
80–89	235,815	717	304	399,501	4989	1249
≥90	30,398	147	484	88,891	1433	1612

Different age-strata (years) and incidence per 100,000 py during 1999–2010 in the Skåne region, Sweden

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2474

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcmusculoskeletaldisorders@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com