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

Table 11 Vertebral fragility fractures

M	F	Subtotal patients hospitalized	Age group (years)	M	F	Subtotal patients not hospitalized
	245	245	45 to 64		562	562
95	155	250	65 to 74	171	483	654
108	206	314	Older than 75	203	699	902
203	606	809	Total	374	1,744	2,118
Patients hospitalized		27.6%		Patients not hospitalized		72.4%

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

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