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Table 2 Incidence of admissions for ankle fractures in 2016/17 by age and sex

From: Exploring trends in admissions and treatment for ankle fractures: a longitudinal cohort study of routinely collected hospital data in England

 

Male

Female

Overall

Age group

n

n per 100,000 people

n

n per 100,000 people

n

n per 100,000 people

16–39 years

3452

39.6

2331

27.3

5784

33.5

40–59 years

2436

33.6

3499

47.2

5935

40.5

60–79 years

1593

32.7

4119

78.2

5712

56.3

80+ years

450

42.6

1955

120.8

2405

90.0

Overall

7933

36.2

11,908

52.2

19,842

44.4

  1. Note. One person was missing sex data and six people were missing age data and as such are missing from the age/sex specific numbers. However, they are included in the overall numbers where possible, so column and row totals do not quite add up
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