• Osteoporosis in women is more common than breast cancer, stroke, and heart attack combined!
  
  
• About 1 of every 2 white women will experience an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime.
  
  
• 22,000,000 women in the U.S. have osteoporosis or low bone mass.
  
  
• Hip fracture is associated with up to 20% excess mortality in 1 year!
  
  
• 50% of hip fracture victims will become chronically disabled; up to 25% of them may require long term nursing home care.
  
  
• Women can experience up to 1/3 of their total lifetime bone loss during the first 5 years after menopause!
  
  
• It costs $13,000,000,000 each year to treat osteoporotic fractures in the U.S.
  
  
• At age 50, a woman has a 40% chance of having an osteoporotic fracture in her remaining lifetime.

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