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Table 2 Yearly number of hospitalizations after hip fractures recorded in the National Hospital Discharge records (SDO, 2004, 2005, 2006) maintained at the Italian Ministry of Health

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

 

2004

2005

2006

Age (years)

M

F

Subtotal

M

F

Subtotal

M

F

Subtotal

45 to 64

2,979

3,810

6,789

2,961

3,632

6,593

3,002

3,804

6,806

65 to 74

3,813

9,430

13,243

3,660

9,352

13,012

3,765

9,322

13,087

Older than 75

12,958

49,589

62,547

13,937

52,051

65,988

14,593

53,259

67,852

Total

19,750

62,829

82,579

20,558

65,035

85,593

21,360

66,385

87,745

  1. These data exclude hospital readmissions of the same patients.
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