Abstract: Background: One of the major health concerns among elder population is hip fractures. There are few studies in osteoporosis in the past literature, but very few have described the hip fracture rates from India. Hence; under the light of above obtained data, we planned the present study to assess the incidence of hip fractures in known population.
Materials & Methods: A total of 400 fracture cases who reported to the department of orthopedics of the medical institute. Prevalence of hip fractures was recorded. Detailed clinical profile of all the patients with hip patients was recorded separately and was analyzed by SPSS software.
Results: The incidence of fractures in the present study was found to be 30 percent. Majority of the patients belonged to the age group of more than 60 years. Mean age of the patients of the present study was 65.3 years. 56.7 percent of the patients with hip fractures in the present study were females while the remaining 43.3 percent of the patients were males.
Conclusion: Hip fractures affect significant proportion of geriatric population.
