Ostopenia y osteoporosis en las mujeres postmenopáusicas en Panamá / Osteopenia and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women in Panama

We present the results of densitometry studies performed on 1031 females, from September 1996 to September 1997. The studies were subsidized by the Foundation for Metabolic and Bone Diseases and the pharmaceutical institutions. The results were classified according to the WHO recommendations, taking in consideration the age of the patients, in normal, with osteopenia and with osteoporosis. 821 (79.63%) of the patients suffered from osteopenia or osteoporosis and 807 (78.2%) were postmenopause: only 14% of them were normal and 86% with osteoporosis or osteopenia.

Incidencia de fracturas de cadera en mujeres pre- y post-menopaúsicas en Panamá / The incidence of hip fractures in pre- and postmenopausal women in Panama

During the year 1994, 318 women suffered from hip fractures in the Republic of Panama. Of these, 310 fractures occurred in post-menopausal women (97.5%). The rate of hip fractures in post-menopausal women is 191.76 by 100,000 women of fifty or more years of age. Both public health and other civic entities should organize a nationwide campaign to prevent osteoporosis and fractures in general