Fracture trends in Denmark from 1997 to 2021
Authors' conclusion
Between 1997 and 2021 hip fracture IRs decreased, while vertebral fracture IRs increased.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with a fracture in 1997–2021 in the Danish National Patient Register (median age 55 years; 54% women)individuals with fractures
- Participants
- 1,478,808 adults
- Exposure
- Women vs Men
- Outcome
- Annual age-standardized fracture IRs per 10,000 PY, 1997 vs 2021
- Follow-up
- 1997-2021
Methodological detailsnationwide register-based, age-standardized incidence rates, Poisson regression
- Nationwide register-based
- Age-standardized incidence rates
- Poisson regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Major osteoporotic fracture IRs per 10,000 PY, 1997 to 2021
- Women: decreased from 135.8 to 116.9 per 10,000 person-years (PY)
- Men: decreased from 62.3 to 57.2 per 10,000 PY
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Hip fracture incidence rates (IRs), 1997 to 2021
- Women: decreased from 41.5 to 23.3
- Men: decreased from 19.6 to 13.3
Vertebral fracture IRs, 1997 to 2021
- Women: increased from 8.6 to 15.2
- Men: increased from 7.8 to 11.9
Humerus and forearm fracture IRs · 1997 to 2021
- Decreased slightly in women and men
Original publication
Fracture trends in Denmark from 1997 to 2021. Osteoporos Int. Published 6 November 2025. doi:10.
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