Registries are invaluable assets that not only benefit medical research, but also health care for all
During 2015–16, almost 18 700 hip fractures were recorded in Australia; the incidence rate was nearly 200 times as high among people aged 45 years or more than among younger people, and 1.7 times as high for women as men.1 As longevity increases and the prevalence of osteoporosis, sarcopaenia, obesity, and dementia rise in Western countries,2 the numbers of people at risk of fractures will continue to climb.
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