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Written question asked by Howard Stoate (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 June 2004. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Monday, 7 June 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) osteoporotic hip fractures, (b) osteoporotic vertebral fractures and (c) osteoporotic wrist fractures occurred on average in England in each of the last three years. - Not collected centrally.
Answer

Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) osteoporotic hip fractures, (b) osteoporotic vertebral fractures and (c) osteoporotic wrist fractures occurred on average in England in each of the last three years. [175433] Dr. Ladyman: Data is not collected centrally, as information is not available on the part of the body that is fractured.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
175433; 422 c168W;422 c167W
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Osteoporosis Fractures
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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