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Diseases » Osteoporosis » Summary
 

What is Osteoporosis?

What is Osteoporosis?

  • Osteoporosis: Bone thinning and weakening from bone calcium depletion.
  • Osteoporosis: RAEB: A condition of reduced bone mass, with decreased cortical thickness and a decrease in the number and size of the trabeculae of cancellous bone (but normal chemical composition), resulting in increased fracture incidence. Osteoporosis is classified as primary (Type 1, postmenopausal osteoporosis; Type 2, age-associated osteoporosis; and idiopathic, which can affect juveniles, premenopausal women, and middle-aged men) and secondary osteoporosis (which results from an identifiable cause of bone mass loss).
    Source - Diseases Database
  • Osteoporosis: abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women.
    Source - WordNet 2.1

Osteoporosis: Introduction

Types of Osteoporosis:

Types of Osteoporosis:

Broader types of Osteoporosis:

How many people get Osteoporosis?

Prevalance of Osteoporosis: 28 million Americans (10 million with osteoporosis; 18 million with low bone mass); eight million American women and 2 million men (NWHIC)
Prevalance Rate of Osteoporosis: approx 1 in 9 or 10.29% or 28 million people in USA [about data]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Osteoporosis: 18 million with low bone mass (many are undiagnosed)
Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Osteoporosis: approx 1 in 15 or 6.62% or 18 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Osteoporosis: Osteoporosis is a major health risk for 28 million Americans. In the United States today, 10 million individuals already have osteoporosis and 18 million more have low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for this disease. (Source: excerpt from Osteoporosis Progress and Promise: NIAMS) ... Overall, approximately eight million American women and 2 million men have osteoporosis. (Source: excerpt from Osteoporosis: NWHIC)

Who gets Osteoporosis?

Patient Profile for Osteoporosis: Typically seniors. 50% of women over 50, 1/8th of men over 50.

Profile for Osteoporosis: American women are four times more likely to develop osteoporosis than men. One out of every two women and one in eight men over 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her or his lifetime. (Source: excerpt from Osteoporosis Progress and Promise: NIAMS)

Gender Profile for Osteoporosis: Women 80%, i.e. women 4 times more likely than men.

Gender Profile for Osteoporosis: Eighty percent of them are women, and most are over 50 years of age. (Source: excerpt from Hormone Replacement Therapy Is It For You - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

Gender Profile for Osteoporosis: Women are four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis because of the loss of estrogen at menopause. (Estrogen blocks or slows down bone loss.) Over half of all women over the age of 65 have osteoporosis. (Source: excerpt from Osteoporosis: NWHIC)

Racial Information for Osteoporosis: Asian American women are at particular risk for osteoporosis due to their relatively lower bone mass and density, smaller frames, and lower intake of calcium compared to other population groups. (Source: excerpt from Asian & Pacific Islander Women's Health: NWHIC)

How serious is Osteoporosis?

Complications of Osteoporosis: see complications of Osteoporosis

What causes Osteoporosis?

Causes of Osteoporosis: see causes of Osteoporosis
Causes of Osteoporosis: Osteoporosis may be attributed to three factors: (1) accelerated bone loss at menopause in women or as men and women age; (2) suboptimal bone growth during childhood and adolescence resulting in failure to reach peak bone mass; and (3) bone loss secondary to disease conditions, eating disorders, or certain medications and medical treatments. (Source: excerpt from Osteoporosis Progress and Promise: NIAMS)
Risk factors for Osteoporosis: see risk factors for Osteoporosis

What are the symptoms of Osteoporosis?

Symptoms of Osteoporosis: see symptoms of Osteoporosis

Complications of Osteoporosis: see complications of Osteoporosis

Can anyone else get Osteoporosis?

Inheritance: see inheritance of Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Osteoporosis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Osteoporosis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Osteoporosis: see treatments for Osteoporosis
Prevention of Osteoporosis: see prevention of Osteoporosis
Research for Osteoporosis: see research for Osteoporosis

Society issues for Osteoporosis

Costs of Osteoporosis: $17 billion in direct expenditure in the USA (National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004)
Costs of Osteoporosis: costs $14 billion annually. (Source: excerpt from Osteoporosis: NWHIC)

Cost statistics for Osteoporosis: The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Osteoporosis:

  • $14 billion annually (NWHIC)
  • $47 million each day in direct expenditure in the USA (National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004)
  • $14 billion annually in the US (NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases, National Resource Center)
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Hospitalization statistics for Osteoporosis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Osteoporosis:
  • 0.04% (5,057) of hospital consultant episodes were for osteoporosis with pathological fracture in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 73% of hospital consultant episodes for osteoporosis with pathological fracture required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 18% of hospital consultant episodes for osteoporosis with pathological fracture were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 82% of hospital consultant episodes for osteoporosis with pathological fracture were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 68% of hospital consultant episodes for osteoporosis with pathological fracture required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 22.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for osteoporosis with pathological fracture in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Osteoporosis:

Organs and body systems related to Osteoporosis include:

Name and Aliases of Osteoporosis

Main name of condition: Osteoporosis

Other names or spellings for Osteoporosis:

bone thinning, low bone mass, thinning bones, thin bones, Bone loss (osteoporosis), bone mass loss

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