12-month prevalence of osteoporosis in Germany
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease associated with increased bone fragility, which correspondingly leads to increased bone fractures. In the GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS survey, 7.8% of women and 2.0% of men aged 18 and over reported suffering from osteoporosis during the past 12 months. The share o...
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Robert Koch Institute
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Health Monitoring |
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| Online Access: | https://www.rki.de/EN/Content/Health_Monitoring/Health_Reporting/GBEDownloadsJ/FactSheets_en/JoHM_03_2017_Prevalence_osteoporosis.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |