Z ucherman, Joseph D . Over 250,000 hip fractures occur in the United States each year. Ninety percent of these fractures occur in people over the age of 50. The incidence of hip fractures is 80 per 100,000 population. For each decade after the age of 50, this incidence doubles.
Women suffer hip fractures two to three times more often than men.
Approximately 90 percent of hip fractures in the elderly result from a fall. The risk of mortality is higher for the first year after the injury. The author discusses treatment options and rehabilitative settings for patients after a hip fracture.