[Incidence of XXXX in southern Israel].

@entity3604 @entity1 @entity173 @entity174
BACKGROUND: Very little is known about the epidemiology of @entity3604 in Israel. AIM: We aimed to provide an estimate on the incidence of low-impact @entity174 in southern Israel. METHODS: The study included @entity1 and @entity1 50 years and older with radiographic evidence of a new @entity174 . We screened and reviewed all the emergency room and hospital charts to identify all @entity1 with low impact @entity174 who attended the Soroka Hospital during the corresponding months of January and February of 1998 through 2001. RESULTS: There were a total of 580 @entity174 @entity1 (461 @entity1 and 119 @entity1 ). The estimated incidence of all low-impact @entity174 in the entire population aged 50 and older was 1064:100,000 (95% C.I. 981: 1153) per year. The estimated incidence of low-impact @entity174 in @entity1 was three fold higher than in @entity1 [1526:100,000 (95% C.I. 1390: 1675) vs. 490/100,000 (95% C.I. 408: 580) per year, respectively]. @entity174 of the distal forearm and proximal hip (26% each) were, by far, the most common in @entity1 , followed by @entity174 of the humerus (18%), ankle (12%) and pelvis (5%). In @entity1 , proximal @entity173 (39%) were the most common, followed by @entity174 of the humerus (18%), distal forearm (15%) and ankle (14%). Multiple concurrent @entity174 occurred in 2.5% of the @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Our data provides a preliminary estimate of the incidence of @entity3604 , not including most @entity174 , among @entity1 and @entity1 in southern Israel. Further studies are warranted to characterize @entity174 risk in other regions of the country and population sub-groups.
