Did You Know?...
- Hip fractures have doubled among California Latinos since 1983, while staying the same for other ethnic groups. (Zigmond, 2004)
- Hip fractures cause twice as many deaths annually as breast cancer
- 10% to 20% of women who have a broken hip die within a year
- Half of all women (and 1 in 4 men) will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime.
- One if five of patients who suffer a hip fracture will die within one year.
