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

Table 8 Humeral fragility fractures

M	F	Subtotal patients hospitalized	Age group (years)	M	F	Subtotal patients not hospitalized
	332	332	45 to 64		473	473
136	405	541	65 to 74	284	581	865
179	605	784	Older than 75	377	1,187	1,564
315	1,342	1,657	Total	661	2,241	2,902
Patients hospitalized		36.3%		Patients not hospitalized		63.7%

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

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