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- by 2050 the number of osteoporotic hip fractures around the world is expected
to increase three-fold to 6.3 million from 1.7 million in 1990?
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medical costs of treating 2.3 million osteoporotic fractures in both Europe and the US add up to at
least US$ 27 billion per year?
- in many countries women over the age of 45 spend more days in hospital for osteoporotic
fractures than for any other disease?
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