Citation

Lauderdale DS, Jacobsen SJ, Furner SE, Levy PS, Brody JA, Goldberg J. Am. J. Public Health 1998; 88(8): 1245-1247.

Affiliation

Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Ill. 60637, USA. dlauderd@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9702161

PMCID

PMC1508310

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study estimated hip fracture incidence for elderly Hispanics in the United States. METHODS: A cohort of Spanish-surnamed 1992 Medicare enrollees was followed for 2 years. Hip fractures were identified by inpatient diagnostic code. RESULTS: For Hispanic women, the national age-adjusted hip fracture rate was 7.3 per 1,000 person-years; for men, the rate was 3.3. Rates varied markedly, with higher rates for the predominantly Mexican-American southwestern states than for Puerto Ricans. CONCLUSIONS: Nationally, the Hispanic population is at intermediate risk of hip fracture between Blacks and Whites, but geographic variation suggests that Mexican Americans are at higher risk than Puerto Ricans.