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Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004: A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous national epidemiological data on the characteristics and trends of patients with ankle fractures have been limited. We therefore analyzed data on Swedish inpatients with ankle fractures in this nationwide population study, based on data from 1987 through 2004. PATIEN...

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Autores principales: Thur, Charlotte K, Edgren, Gustaf, Jansson, Karl-Åke, Wretenberg, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3369155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22401675
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2012.672091
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author Thur, Charlotte K
Edgren, Gustaf
Jansson, Karl-Åke
Wretenberg, Per
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description BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous national epidemiological data on the characteristics and trends of patients with ankle fractures have been limited. We therefore analyzed data on Swedish inpatients with ankle fractures in this nationwide population study, based on data from 1987 through 2004. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data on all inpatients aged 15 years and older with ankle fracture were extracted from the Swedish National Patient Register for the period 1987–2004. RESULTS: We identified 91,410 hospital admissions with ankle fracture, corresponding to an annual incidence rate of 71 per 10(5) person-years. During the study period, the number of hospital admissions increased by 0.2% annually, mainly from increase in fracture incidence in the elderly women. Mean age at admission was 45 (SD 19) years for men and 58 (18) for women. The major mechanism of injury was falling at the same level (64%). INTERPRETATION: This nationwide study of inpatients with ankle fractures showed an increase in fracture incidence, particularly in elderly women.
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spelling pubmed-33691552012-06-11 Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004: A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients Thur, Charlotte K Edgren, Gustaf Jansson, Karl-Åke Wretenberg, Per Acta Orthop Article BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous national epidemiological data on the characteristics and trends of patients with ankle fractures have been limited. We therefore analyzed data on Swedish inpatients with ankle fractures in this nationwide population study, based on data from 1987 through 2004. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data on all inpatients aged 15 years and older with ankle fracture were extracted from the Swedish National Patient Register for the period 1987–2004. RESULTS: We identified 91,410 hospital admissions with ankle fracture, corresponding to an annual incidence rate of 71 per 10(5) person-years. During the study period, the number of hospital admissions increased by 0.2% annually, mainly from increase in fracture incidence in the elderly women. Mean age at admission was 45 (SD 19) years for men and 58 (18) for women. The major mechanism of injury was falling at the same level (64%). INTERPRETATION: This nationwide study of inpatients with ankle fractures showed an increase in fracture incidence, particularly in elderly women. Informa Healthcare 2012-06 2012-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3369155/ /pubmed/22401675 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2012.672091 Text en Copyright: © Nordic Orthopaedic Federation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited.
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Thur, Charlotte K
Edgren, Gustaf
Jansson, Karl-Åke
Wretenberg, Per
Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004: A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients
title Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004: A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients
title_full Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004: A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients
title_fullStr Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004: A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004: A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients
title_short Epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in Sweden between 1987 and 2004: A population-based study of 91,410 Swedish inpatients
title_sort epidemiology of adult ankle fractures in sweden between 1987 and 2004: a population-based study of 91,410 swedish inpatients
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3369155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22401675
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2012.672091
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