By Wendy Haaf
People 65 or older are less likely to survive for five years following various types of bone fracture than they are many forms of cancer.
That finding comes from a study that used Ontario’s public-health-care system’s database to follow nearly 10,000 people over 65. Among those who’d experienced a hip fracture, half of women and less than one-third of men were still alive five years later.
By comparison, the five-year survival rate among people aged 60 to 79 with any type of cancer is 65%. The good news is that regular exercise has been shown to reduce the risk for falling, which is the cause of 95% of hip fractures in older adults. Bone health also plays a role in fracture susceptibility.
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Source: JBMR Plus
