Secular trends in fracture incidence in the UK between 1990 and 2012 Hasselt University
We studied sex-specific incidence rates in a population 50 years or older in the UK. In the period of 1990-2012, the overall rate of fracture did not change, but there were marked secular alterations in the rates of individual fracture types, particularly hip and spine fractures in the elderly. Introduction There is increasing evidence of secular changes in age-and sex-adjusted fracture incidence globally. Such observations broadly suggest ...