Key Facts & Figures
- In the UK, one in two women and one in five men over the age of 50 will break a bone mainly because of poor bone health.
- Osteoporosis costs the NHS and government £2.3 billion a year – that’s £6 million a day.
- There are about 230,000 osteoporotic fractures every year.
- 1,150 people are dying every month in the UK as a result of hip fractures.
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January 2009 update
- Almost three million people in the UK are estimated to have osteoporosis
- Combined cost of hospital and social care for patients with a hip fracture amounts to more than £2.3billion per year in the UK – that’s approximately £6 million a day
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