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Is it true that older women experience a higher number of broken hips than men?
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Although this isn’t to say that older men aren’t also at risk for hip fractures, the average woman does have a lower bone density to start, along with increased bone density loss following menopause due to lower levels of estrogen. Additionally, women do live longer than men on average, so the statistics show that women do experience more broken hips compared to men.