Table 2

	Women			Men			Both sexes
Fracture site	Urban	Rural	p Value	Urban	Rural	p Value	Urban	Rural	p Value
Actual number of fractures shown in parentheses except for columns referring to both sexes, where the parentheses refer to the 95% confidence intervals. The total of “all sites” is less than the number of fractures at each site as people who sustain fractures at multiple sites have been counted only once in the “all sites” number of people who sustained fracture(s). *Figures refer to fractures at the spine, Colles, humerus and pelvis grouped together. †Figures refer to fractures at all sites except the hip, spine, Colles, humerus and pelvis, grouped together.
(A) Persons aged 60 years and over. Age-adjusted fracture rates per 10000 person years
Hip	78 (226)	58 (89)	0.01	30 (70)	18 (25)	0.02	57 (51 to 64)	39 (33 to 47)	<0.001
Spine	50 (144)	48 (77)	0.76	17 (36)	13 (18)	0.37	36 (31 to 42)	32 (26 to 39)	0.37
Colles	40 (114)	32 (51)	0.2	3 (7)	4 (6)	0.62	24 (20 to 29)	19 (15 to 25)	0.17
Humerus	25 (72)	25 (39)	0.90	6 (14)	3 (5)	0.23	17 (14 to 21)	15 (11 to 20)	0.49
Pelvis	15 (43)	7 (11)	0.01	6 (13)	3 (4)	0.2	11 (9 to 14)	5 (3 to 8)	0.004
grouped*	130 (373)	112 (178)	0.05	32 (70)	24 (33)	0.14	88 (82 to 99)	72 (63 to 82)	0.02
Other sites grouped†	60 (169)	64 (102)	0.62	39 (82)	46 (62)	0.32	51 (45 to 58)	56 (48 to 65)	0.37
All sites grouped	255 (731)	223 (352)	0.046	99 (221)	84 (118)	0.15	188 (176 to 200)	160 (146 to 175)	0.004

(B) Persons aged 35 years and over. Age adjusted fracture rates per 10000 person years
Hip	28 (229)	21 (92)	0.02	11 (79)	6 (28)	0.01	20 (18 to 22)	14 (12 to 17)	0.001
Spine	20 (163)	18 (80)	0.30	7 (45)	7 (30)	0.73	14 (12 to 16)	13 (11 to 16)	0.40
Colles	19 (146)	15 (66)	0.14	4 (25)	5 (18)	0.67	12 (10 to 14)	10 (8 to 13)	0.21
Humerus	11 (84)	10 (44)	0.76	4 (26)	2 (7)	0.02	7 (6 to 9)	6 (5 to 8)	0.19
Pelvis	6 (48)	3 (15)	0.05	2 (17)	2 (7)	0.44	4 (3 to 5)	3 (2 to 5)	0.03
grouped*	56 (441)	46 (205)	0.004	17 (113)	15 (62)	0.24	37 (34 to 41)	31 (27 to 36)	0.10
Other sites grouped†	40 (299)	40 (173)	0.94	51 (322)	52 (207)	0.78	45 (40 to 51)	46 (40 to 54)	0.77
All sites grouped	118 (926)	103 (454)	0.02	78 (509)	73 (295)	0.40	99 (93 to 106)	89 (81 to 97)	0.01