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This is true, but I'm guessing what happened is they evaluated > 65 as a group and gave that a mortality rate, when in all likelihood those who broke their hip

This is true, but I'm guessing what happened is they evaluated > 65 as a group and gave that a mortality rate, when in all likelihood those who broke their hip at 65 probably had a very low mortality rate, despite being lumped in that group. If you could say ~50% of those over 65 that break their hip will die within a year, you could honestly probably say ~50% of those over 30 that break their hip will die within a year, since the group of 30- to 65-year-olds breaking their hips would be a blip in the data.

sambroner 7y ago
After posting I was curious so I looked around for data on who fractures a hip. All I found was data from one UK Hospital saying around 10% of broken hips are from people younger than 65. If that extrapolates out, then you may be right. Because of the demographic that breaks a hip, a shockingly large group of people who break a hip die within a year.