Facts & Figures

Osteoporosis Statistics You Need to Know

The following information helps put in perspective how serious a problem osteoporosis is:

• Osteoporosis is a major public health threat for 44 million Americans (68 percent are women).

• In the United States today, 10 million individuals already have osteoporosis, and 34 million more have low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for this disease.

• One out of every two women and one in four men over 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in his or her lifetime.

• More than two million American men suffer from osteoporosis, and millions more are at risk. Each year, 80,000 men have a hip fracture, and one-third of these men die within a year.

• Osteoporosis can strike at any age.

• Osteoporosis is responsible for more than 1.5 million fractures annually, including 300,000 hip fractures, approximately 700,000 vertebral fractures, 250,000 wrist fractures, and more than 300,000 fractures at other sites.

• Based on figures from hospitals and nursing homes, the estimated national direct expenditures for osteoporosis and related fractures total $14 billion each year.

http://osteoporosis.emedtv.com/osteoporosis/osteoporosis-statistics.html

 Morbidity

• Percent of men 50 years of age and over with osteoporosis of the hip: 2%
• Number of men 50 years of age and over with osteoporosis of the hip: 0.8 million
• Percent of women 50 years of age and over with osteoporosis of the hip: 10%
• Number of women 50 years of age and over with osteoporosis of the hip: 4.5 million

Source: Key statistics from NHANES (data are for 2005-2006)

Health Care Use

Hospital Inpatient Care

• Number of discharges with hip (neck of femur) fractures as the first-listed diagnosis: 279,000
• Average length of stay: 6.3 days

(Data for the U.S. only)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/osteoporosis.htm