More than 300,000 Americans will fracture a hip this year, and about 20 percent of them will die within a year of the fracture. Elderly women are most at risk, and a new Kaiser Permanente study finds that women ages 65-69 are five times more likely to die compared to women of the same age who don't break a hip. By the time they reach 80, women are more likely to have other health conditions and for most of them, adding a hip fracture doesn't increase the risk of death. But, as we learn in this video, there is an increased death risk for women this age who are in excellent health. For more, read the study in the Kaiser Permanente News Center, www.kp.org/newscenter.
