Building Strong Bones

• Osteoporosis (brittle bones) is responsible for more than 1.5 million fractures each year.
• One in three women will have one or more vertebral fractures.
• Of those who survive to age 90, one in three women and one in six men will experience a hip fracture.
• A hip fractures can be life-threatening as well as result in permanent disability.
• Twenty to thirty percent of older women who fracture their hips do not survive a the next 12 months while another 25% will not walk again without assistance.