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. 2016 Apr;31(4):630-4.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.4.630. Epub 2016 Feb 22.

Incidence and Mortality after Distal Radius Fractures in Adults Aged 50 Years and Older in Korea

Gi-Doo Kwon  1 , Sunmee Jang  2 , Ahreum Lee  2 , Chan-Mi Park  3 , Young-Kyun Lee  4 , Tae-Young Kim  5 , Ha-Young Kim  6 , Eun-Ji Park  7 , Yong-Chan Ha  1
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Incidence and Mortality after Distal Radius Fractures in Adults Aged 50 Years and Older in Korea

Gi-Doo Kwon et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence and mortality of distal radius fracture among patients 50 years of age and older with diagnosis code (ICD10; S52.5, S52.6) and treatment code using a nationwide claims database from 2008 to 2012. All patients were followed using patient identification code to identify deaths. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) of distal radius fracture were calculated based on age and gender-specific rates in the entire Korean population. The number of distal radius fractures increased by 54.2% over the 5-year study (48,145 in 2008 and 74,240 in 2012). The incidence of distal radius fracture increased from 367.4/100,000 in 2008 to 474.1/100,000 in 2012. The cumulative mortality rate over the first 12 months after distal radius fracture was decreased from 2.0% (968/48,145) in 2008 to 1.4% (1,045/74,240) in 2012. The mean year mortality over 5 years in men (2.6%, 1,279/50,128) over the first 12 months was 1.7-times higher than in women (1.5%, 3,952/257,045). The mean of SMR of distal radius fracture at 1 year post-fracture was 1.45 in men and 1.17 in women. This study using a nationwide database demonstrates that the distal radius fractures are increasing with a decreasing mortality in Korea.

Keywords: Distal Radius Fracture; Incidence; Korea; Mortality; Osteoporotic Fracture.

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DISCLOSURE: No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

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Age-specific incidence of distal radius fractures in patients aged 50 years and older.
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Gender-specific incidence of distal radius fractures in patients aged 50 years and older.
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