Key Statistics for North America
- In 2000, osteoporosis affected approximately 1.4 million Canadians, mainly postmenopausal women and the elderly; 1 in 4 women and more than 1 in 8 men over the age of 50 years, with 1 in 4 men and women having evidence of a vertebral fracture [1]Osteoporosis: Preventing A Fractured Future, A Summary Policy Statement by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. 2004;
See link[2]Report of the Strategic Action Working Group on Osteoporosis for the Ontario Women's Health Council: A Framework and Strategy for the Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis. 2000 [Accessed 26.02.2019];
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- In 2017, the number of Canadians affected by osteoporosis had increased to 2 million [3]Osteoporosis Canada: Impact Report 2017. 2017 [Accessed 26.02.2019];
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- By the year 2030, the number of hip fractures is expected to quadruple [4]Jackson, S.A., A. Tenenhouse, and L. Robertson, Vertebral fracture definition from population-based data: preliminary results from the Canadian Multicenter Osteoporosis Study (CaMos). Osteoporos Int, 2000. 11(8): p. 680-7.
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- In Canadians of 40 years or older, 1.5 million (10%) reported having been diagnosed with osteoporosis [5]Public Health Agency of Canada: What is the impact of osteoporosis in Canada and what are Canadians doing to maintain healthy bones? 2009 [Accessed 20.02.2019];
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- Estimates of the economic burden in 2008 were at 2.3 billion CAD and increased by 83% to over $ 4.6 billion. This significant increase is most likely due to new data on home care and long-term care and suggests that previous estimates were underestimated [6]Hopkins, R.B., et al., The current economic burden of illness of osteoporosis in Canada. Osteoporos Int, 2016. 27(10): p. 3023-32.
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- Osteoporosis and low bone mass are currently estimated to be a major public health threat for almost 54 million U.S. women and men aged 50 and older (2010 data). Among the 54 million, 10.2 million adults are estimated to have osteoporosis, of which more than 80% were women [7]Wright, N.C., et al., The recent prevalence of osteoporosis and low bone mass in the United States based on bone mineral density at the femoral neck or lumbar spine. J Bone Miner Res, 2014. 29(11): p. 2520-6.
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- Economic burden was estimated at 17 billion USD in 2005 [8]Burge, R., et al., Incidence and economic burden of osteoporosis-related fractures in the United States, 2005-2025. J Bone Miner Res, 2007. 22(3): p. 465-75.
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- In a study based on almost 380,000 fractures in female Medicare beneficiaries, 10% had another fracture within 1 year, 18% within 2 years, and 31% within 5 years [9]Balasubramanian, A., et al., Risk of subsequent fracture after prior fracture among older women. Osteoporos Int, 2019. 30(1): p. 79-92.
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REFERENCES
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Osteoporosis: Preventing A Fractured Future, A Summary Policy Statement by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada. 2004; See link
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Report of the Strategic Action Working Group on Osteoporosis for the Ontario Women's Health Council: A Framework and Strategy for the Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis. 2000 [Accessed 26.02.2019]; See link
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Osteoporosis Canada: Impact Report 2017. 2017 [Accessed 26.02.2019]; See link
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Public Health Agency of Canada: What is the impact of osteoporosis in Canada and what are Canadians doing to maintain healthy bones? 2009 [Accessed 20.02.2019]; See link