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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1968;50:557-562.
© 1968 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Epidemiology of Osteoporosis

II. Incidence of Hip Fractures in Mental Institutions

GERARD ENGH M.D.1, ALFRED JAY BOLLET M.D.1, GARDNER HARDIN M.D.1, and WILLIAM PARSON M.D.1

1 Departments of Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville; Western State Hospital, Staunton

A survey of hospital records at two mental institutions permitted analysis of the sex, race, and age incidence of patients with hip fractures during a period of three years and two months. Fractures due to minimum trauma occurred more frequently among the white population and among confined institutional patients than among a previously studied non-hospitalized population. Environmental factors, particularly physical activity, seem to be important in senile osteoporosis.


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