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Minimal trauma hip fracture hospitalisations among older Indigenous and non‐Indigenous Australians: A retrospective population‐based cohort study
Author(s) -
Pit Sabrina,
Knox Craig,
Rolfe Margaret,
Wheeler James
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/ajag.13115
Subject(s) - indigenous , hip fracture , retrospective cohort study , medicine , cohort , gerontology , demography , sociology , osteoporosis , biology , ecology
Objectives To compare minimal trauma hip fractures ( MTHF ) between older Indigenous and non‐Indigenous Australians. Methods Epidemiological study of retrospective New South Wales hospitalisation data (2005–2016) for MTHF among Indigenous and non‐Indigenous Australians over 40 years of age. Results Estimated age‐standardised rates of MTHF were lower among Indigenous Australians than non‐Indigenous Australians (142.2 vs. 161.7 per 100,000) with a direct standardised rate ratio of 0.887 (95% CI 0.78–0.99, p = 0.031). However, for both male and female Indigenous Australians, MTHF occur at a younger age than in non‐Indigenous Australians (age 40–74: 52% vs. 19%, p < 0.001). Proportions of MTHF are higher among women and were almost double among rural Indigenous Australians compared with rural non‐Indigenous Australians (59% vs. 31%, p < 0.001). Conclusions New South Wales Hospitalisation data showed that estimated age‐standardised rates of MTHF appear lower among Indigenous Australians than in non‐Indigenous Australians but also occur at a younger age for Indigenous people. MTHF are more common among rural Indigenous Australians and women.