The incidence of hip, forearm, humeral, ankle, and vertebral fragility fractures in Italy: results from a 3-year multicenter study

Table 10 Forearm fragility fractures

M	F	Subtotal patients hospitalized	Age group (years)	M	F	Subtotal patients not hospitalized
	478	478	45 to 64		1,814	1,814
139	415	554	65 to 74	311	1,228	1,539
93	350	443	Older than 75	243	1,443	1,686
232	1,243	1,475	Total	554	4,485	5,039
Patients hospitalized		22.6%		Patients not hospitalized		77.4%

Number of patients hospitalized because of the fracture versus number of patients discharged directly from the Emergency Department.

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