Release notice – Osteoporosis and related fractures in Canada: Report from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System 2020

Highlights

Osteoporosis burden

• In 2015-2016, 2.2 million Canadians aged 40 years and older were living with diagnosed osteoporosis.
• About 80% of those living with diagnosed osteoporosis were women.
• The risk of an osteoporosis diagnosis doubles every 5 years between the ages of 40 and 60.

Primary complications

• In 2015-2016, there were 147 hip fractures per 100 000 Canadians aged 40 years and older.
• Women were two times more likely to sustain a hip fracture compared to men.
• About 25% of those with a hip fracture die of any cause within the following year.
• Men are 1.3 times more likely than women to die from any cause following a hip fracture.

Osteoporosis care gap

• Less than 20% of Canadians who have a fracture receive an osteoporosis diagnosis, a bone mineral density test or an osteoporosis medication prescription within the following year.
• Men are less likely than women to receive any intervention.