| Literature DB >> 2817173 |
W E Bacon1, G S Smith, S P Baker.
Abstract
Geographic variations in hip fracture rates across the nine US Census Divisions were examined using data for elderly Whites from the 1979-85 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Rates varied considerably and were highest in the West North Central Division where rates for females were 50 percent higher than the US rate. Reasons for the geographic variations in hip fracture rates are unknown but do not appear to be closely related to latitude or fall-related deaths.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2817173 PMCID: PMC1349816 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.79.11.1556
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308