TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Mortality in women following hip fracture
JO  - Journal of chronic diseases
A1  - Weiss, N. S.
A1  - Liff, J. M.
A1  - Ure, C. L.
A1  - Ballard, J. H.
A1  - Abbott, G. H.
A1  - Daling, J. R.
SP  - 879
EP  - 882
VL  - 36
IS  - 12
N2  - The mortality of white female residents of King County (WA) 50-74 yr of age who sustained an isolated fracture of the hip (n = 168) or lower forearm (n = 217) during 1976-79 was monitored during the 2 yr following the fracture. Among the women with hip fracture the (age-adjusted) percentages who died by the end of the first and second year were 5.9 and 10.5%, respectively. Among women with forearm fractures, the corresponding 1- and 2-yr percentages were 1.9 and 2.7%, values similar to that of white women of comparable ages in the population as a whole. The fact that women who broke their hip experienced a higher mortality rate than those who broke their forearm, while women in both groups were similar in having experienced trauma that led to a fracture, argues that it is the hip fracture and its consequences that lead to an increased death rate, rather than the factors that predispose to a fracture.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9681
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -