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Table 3 Cross-classification between I-codes (site of fracture) and E-Codes (mechanism of fracture). Expressed as numbers of death certificates 2000-2004 (men, women).

From: Using vital statistics to estimate the population-level impact of osteoporotic fractures on mortality based on death certificates, with an application to France (2000-2004)

 

E-code (mechanism of fracture)

 

Men (1,359,399 death certificates)

Women (1,299,406 death certificates)

I-code

Low-energy

High-energy

Unspecified E-codea

High/All Ratio

Total (Men)

Low-energy

High-energy

Unspecified E-codea

High/All Ratio

Total (Women)

Hip

6

36

9571

0.00

9613

8

19

21 819

0.00

21 846

Peripheral Skeleton

Distal Humerus

0

1

117

0.01

118

0

2

357

0.01

359

Distal Femur

0

1

30

0.03

31

2

1

201

0.00

204

Proximal Tibia

0

5

34

0.13

39

0

1

78

0.01

79

Axial Skeleton

Pelvis

0

161

626

0.20

787

0

79

1,403

0.05

1,482

Ribs

1

241

795

0.23

1,037

0

85

717

0.11

802

Vertebrae

1

736

792

0.48

1,529

2

229

719

0.24

950

Others

          

Skull

3

3,301

1,245

0.73

4,549

5

606

533

0.53

1,144

Other fracturesb

3

467

2,917

0.14

4,030

12

189

7,757

0.03

7,958

Multiple

0

463

289

0.62

752

1

229

857

0.21

1,087

All fractures

14

5,412

16,416

0.25

21,842

30

1,438

34,443

0.04

35,911

  1. aUnspecified E-code refers to death certificates in which the underlying cause of death is given as "Exposure to unspecified factor (ICD10 code X59)" or in which no E-code is given.
  2. bOther fractures: fractures at other sites (shafts of long bones, forearm, ankle, bones of hand and foot) and unspecified body region