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Hip fracture incidence among elderly Hispanics
D S Lauderdale1, S J Jacobsen, S E Furner
1Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Ill. 60637, USA. dlauderd@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
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 1000 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.