Prognosis of Fractures

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Fractures: 4.3 per 100,000 with 1,302 cases in Canada 1997¹

Estimated mortality rate for Fractures from incidence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 11,696 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 4.3 per 100,000 with 1,302 cases in Canada 1997¹)
• Incidence: 1,499,999 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data: 1.5 million osteoporosis-related fractures
• 0.78% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
• See also Deaths and Fractures and Overview of Fractures.

Complications:

Complications of Fractures may include:

• Bleeding
• Hemorrhage
• Shock
• Death
• Circulatory problems
• more complications...»

Complications of Fractures from the Diseases Database include:

• Blood vessel trauma
• Fracture non-union
• Open fracture
• Volkmann's ischaemic contracture
• Peripheral neuropathy
• more complications...»

See also complications of Fractures.

Fractures: Research More

• Fractures: Introduction
• Deaths: Fractures
• Symptoms: Fractures
• Complications: Fractures
• Causes: Fractures
• Treatments: Fractures

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Fractures usually refers to the likely outcome of Fractures. The prognosis of Fractures may include the duration of Fractures, chances of complications of Fractures, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Fractures, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Fractures. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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