http://www.iofbonehealth.org/facts-and-statistics.html -Osteoporosis affects an estimated 75 million people in Europe, USA and Japan.
-For the year 2000, there were an estimated 9 million new osteoporotic fractures, of which 1.6 million were at the hip, 1.7 million were at the forearm and 1.4 million were clinical vertebral fractures. Europe and the Americas accounted for 51% of all these fractures, while most of the remainder occurred in the Western Pacific region and Southeast Asia (218).
-1 in 3 women over 50 will experience osteoporotic fractures, as will 1 in 5 men.