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Table 4 Fracture incidence in 2002 and 2017 (per 105 person-years)

From: Substantial decrease in paediatric lower extremity fracture rates in German hospitals in 2017 compared with 2002: an epidemiological study

  

0–4 years

5–9 years

10–14 years

15–19 years

2002

2017

IRR

2002

2017

IRR

2002

2017

IRR

2002

2017

IRR

Hip and thigh

Femoral neck (S72.0)

0

0

 

1

1

1.0

3

3

1.0

2

2

1.0

Pertrochanteric (S72.1)

0

0

 

1

0

0.0

1

1

1.0

1

1

1.0

Subtrochanteric (S72.2)

2

2

1.0

1

1

1.0

1

1

1.0

1

1

1.0

Femoral shaft (S72.3)

23

25

1.1

17

12

0.7

10

8

0.8

22

16

0.7

Distal femur (S72.4)

4

3

0.8

4

3

0.8

8

6

0.8

11

7

0.6

Multiple fractures of the femur (S72.7)

0

0

 

0

0

 

0

0

 

0

0

 

Other parts of the femur (S72.8)

0

0

 

0

0

 

0

0

 

0

0

 

Femur, part unspecified (S72.9)

9

1

0.1

5

0

0.0

4

0

0.0

6

0

0.0

Knee and lower leg

Patella (S82.0)

0

0

 

1

0

0.0

7

4

0.6

13

7

0.5

Proximal tibia (S81.1)

2

3

1.5

4

3

0.8

11

16

1.5

15

17

1.1

Tibial shaft (S82.2)

11

9

0.8

24

21

0.9

32

23

0.7

31

21

0.7

Distal tibia (S82.3)

7

7

1.0

14

12

0.9

62

48

0.8

26

17

0.7

Fibula alone (S82.4)

0

0

 

1

0

0.0

3

1

0.3

4

2

0.5

Medial malleolus (S82.5)

0

0

 

1

1

1.0

10

7

0.7

15

9

0.6

Lateral malleolus (S82.6)

0

0

 

1

1

1.0

10

5

0.5

52

37

0.7

Multiple fractures of the lower leg (S82.7)

1

0

0.0

3

0

0.0

5

0

0.0

5

0

0.0

Other parts of the lower leg (S82.8)

0

0

 

2

1

0.5

16

8

0.5

21

16

0.8

Lower leg, part unspecified (S82.9)

3

0

0.0

5

0

0.0

10

1

0.1

9

1

0.1

Foot

Calcaneus (S92.0)

0

0

 

1

1

1.0

1

2

2.0

4

2

0.5

Talus (S92.1)

0

0

 

1

0

0.0

2

1

0.5

5

4

0.8

Other tarsal bone(s) (S92.2)

0

0

 

0

0

 

1

1

1.0

2

3

1.5

Metatarsal bone(s) (S92.3)

1

1

1.0

3

3

1.0

11

8

0.7

16

13

0.8

Great toe (S92.4)

0

0

 

1

1

1.0

3

2

0.7

4

2

0.5

Other toes (S92.5)

0

0

 

1

1

1.0

2

1

0.5

3

1

0.3

Multiple (S92.7)

0

0

 

0

0

 

0

0

 

1

0

0.0

Unspecified (S92.9)

0

0

 

0

0

 

0

0

 

0

0

 
  1. IRR Incidence rate ratio