Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged 65 and over suffered a hip fracture as a result of a fall in each year since 2009-10.
A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of a fracture of the neck of the femur caused by a fall is shown in the table below. This is for patients aged 65 and over from the financial years 2009/10 through to 2016/17. This is a count of admissions, not patients, as the same patient may have been admitted on more than one occasion within the time period:
Year | FAE |
2009/10 | 36,006 |
2010/11 | 35,734 |
2011/12 | 35,826 |
2012/13 | 35,669 |
2013/14 | 37,310 |
2014/15 | 36,993 |
2015/16 | 35,806 |
2016/17 | 35,891 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital.