Key Statistics for North America

  • Over 2.3 million Canadians aged 40+ are living with osteoporosis [1]Osteoporosis: Preventing A Fractured Future, A Summary Policy Statement by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. 2004;

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  • In 2019–2020, there were 176 hip fractures per 100,000 Canadians aged 40+ . More than 1 in 5 Canadians with a hip fracture died of any cause within the following year [1]Osteoporosis: Preventing A Fractured Future, A Summary Policy Statement by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. 2004;

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  • After sustaining a common osteoporotic fracture, only 21%  of Canadians aged 65+ were prescribed a treatment for osteoporosis. Men are less likely to receive any intervention [1]Osteoporosis: Preventing A Fractured Future, A Summary Policy Statement by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. 2004;

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  • The average cost to the healthcare system in the first year following a hip fracture is CAD $63,649. For hip fracture patients who cannot be discharged back home and who require admission to a long-term care facility, the average cost to the healthcare system in the first year following that broken hip is CAD $125,085 [2]https://osteoporosis.ca/facts-and-stats/

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  • The overall annual cost of fragility fractures to the healthcare system is estimated at over CAD $4.6 billion, due to the multiple encounters and services that accompany a fracture: emergency room, admissions to acute and step-down non-acute institutions, rehabilitation, home-assisted or long-term residency support [2]https://osteoporosis.ca/facts-and-stats/

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  • One in two women and up to one in four men over age 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis [3]Wright NC, et al; J Bone Mineral Res. 2014; 29:2520-26

     [4]Lindsay et al. Osteoporosis Int. 2005;16:78-85.

     [5]Wright et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2014;29:2520-6.

     [6]Burge et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2007;22:465-75.

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  • Each year in the USA, approximately 300,000 hip fractures occur. Approximately 25% who experience a hip fracture die in the year following the fracture. Another 25% Americans move from the hospital to a nursing home and never return “home”. The remaining 50% never regain their previous function. Six months after a hip fracture, only 15 percent of patients can walk across a room unaided [7]Singer A, et al. Mayo Clinic Proc. 2015;90:53-62.

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  • The number of annual fractures are projected to increase from 1.9 million to 3.2 million (68%), from 2018 to 2040, with related costs rising from $57 billion to over $95 billion USD annually [8]8. Lewiecki EM, et al, J Bone Miner Res. Plus 2019;13;e10192

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Updated February 2024

REFERENCES

1.
Osteoporosis: Preventing A Fractured Future, A Summary Policy Statement by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. 2004; See link
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https://osteoporosis.ca/facts-and-stats/ See link
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Wright NC, et al; J Bone Mineral Res. 2014; 29:2520-26
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Lindsay et al. Osteoporosis Int. 2005;16:78-85.
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Wright et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2014;29:2520-6.
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Burge et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2007;22:465-75.
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Singer A, et al. Mayo Clinic Proc. 2015;90:53-62.
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8. Lewiecki EM, et al, J Bone Miner Res. Plus 2019;13;e10192