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.
- There are about 300,000 fragility fractures every year in the UK.
- 1,150 people are dying every month in the UK as a result of hip fractures.
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Updates
- 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
The prevalence and cost of osteoporosis in the four countries of the UK is as follows:
England
- 2.3 million people have osteoporosis
- the combined cost of hospital and social care for patients with a hip fracture is £1.9billion.
Northern Ireland
- 72,000 people have osteoporosis
- the combined cost of hospital and social care for patients with a hip fracture is £65million.
Scotland
- 250,000 people have osteoporosis
- the combined cost of hospital and social care for patients with a hip fracture is £192million.
Wales
- 150,000 people have osteoporosis
- the combined cost of hospital and social care for patients with a hip fracture is £111million.
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