Hip fractures in Singapore: ethnic differences and temporal trends in the new millennium.
Eu-Leong YongG GanesanM S KramerS LoganT C LauJ A CauleyK B TanPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2019)
Although the absolute number of fractures increased, steep drops in elderly Chinese women drove a reduction in overall age-adjusted hip fracture rates. Increases in the older population will lead to a rise in total number of hip fractures, requiring budgetary planning and new preventive strategies.