A healthy decline in age- and sex- specific incidence of hip fractures in the elderly in the Republic of Ireland

The number of patients sustaining hip fractures in the Republic of Ireland was expected to increase by 100% from 2004 to 2026. This has not been seen either in local or international literature. Our aim is to assess the age- and sex-specific incidence of hip fractures in patients over the age of 65 years and to determine whether the projected increase in incidence is mirrored in the reality of the Irish experience. This is a retrospective observational cohort study including all patients with a hip fracture from a tertiary referral centre from 2005 to 2015. Population data was obtained from the Central Statistics Office of Ireland. 3818 hip fractures in the over 65 age group were recorded. The highest incidence of hip fractures occurred in the 85–90 year old age group. For all ages over 65, the incidence of hip fractures in females over the 10 year period is significantly reducing (p