HIP FRACTURE AMONG THE ELDERLY IN A MIXED URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION
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- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 13 (2) , 111-119
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/13.2.111
Abstract
Among the 27314 people aged 60 years or more living in the northern part of the county of Storstrom, Denmark, 117 were hospitalized with hip fracture in one year (1978), making an incidence of 4.3 per 1000. All 117 patients were seen soon after their admittance to hospital, and after one year the 86 surviving patients were seen in their homes. A higher death rate was found during the first three months, but only among patients with additional disabling diseases.Keywords
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