4-7

4-7. Osteoporosis prevalence

In 2017, around one in twenty (5.8%) of South Australians aged 18 years or more were living with osteoporosis¹.
The rate varies between local health networks (LHNs) from 2.0%* in the South East LHN to 7.3%* in the Flinders and Upper North LHN.
The prevalence of osteoporosis in metropolitan Adelaide (6.2%) is statistically significantly higher than Country SA (4.8%)¹.
No statistically significant underlying trend over the last decade in the proportion of people reporting living with osteoporosis was identified, either for the metropolitan Adelaide or Country SA time series¹.

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** Relative Standard Error is greater than 50%. Please treat the estimate with extreme caution.

* Relative Standard Error is between 25% and 50%. Please treat the estimate with caution.

Data source: SA Health 2018

In 2017, the proportion of the population aged 18 years and over living with osteoporosis was more than four times for females (9.4%) than males (2.2%)¹.
The prevalence of osteoporosis is also correlated with age¹.

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Data source: SA Health 2018

In 2017, there was no statistically significant correlation between the proportion of people aged 18 years and over living with osteoporosis and the socio-economic status of the geographic area in which they live¹.

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Data source: SA Health 2018

Data presented here is from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2017-18 National Health Survey for people of all ages reporting living with osteoporosis. This is not directly comparable with data presented from the state-wide survey for ages 18 years and over in 4-7-1 to 4-7-3 above.
The national survey estimates that 2.8% (age-standardised) of the population in South Australia is living with osteoporosis².
The South Australian rate is below the Australian average (3.3%, age standardised)².

**Osteoporosis prevalence (all ages), 2017–18 (age-standardised)**
State/Territory	%
Northern Territory	1.2%
South Australia	2.8%
Western Australia	2.8%
Victoria	2.9%
Queensland	3.3%
Tasmania	3.5%
New South Wales	3.8%
Australian Capital Territory	4.8%
Australia	3.3%

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Data source: ABS 2018

The prevalence of osteoporosis in the South Australian Aboriginal population was 2.3% in 2018-19, same as the national average for Aboriginal people³.
The prevalence of osteoporosis in the South Australian Aboriginal population is similar to the all-population figure for the state (2.8%, age standardised) reported in 4-7-4².

**Osteoporosis prevalence - Aboriginal people (all ages), 2018-19 (crude rates)**
State/Territory	%
Northern Territory	0.6%
Western Australia	1.2%
Queensland	2.3%
South Australia	2.3%
Victoria	2.3%
Australian Capital Territory	2.6%
New South Wales	3.1%
Tasmania	3.4%
Australia	2.3%

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Data source: ABS 2019

Based on South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System customised extract 2018, Prevention and Population Health, SA Health, Adelaide, 16 August 2018.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2018), ‘Table 2.3 Summary health characteristics — States and territories, Proportion of persons’, National Health Survey: First Results, 2017-18, cat. no. 4364.0.55.001, 12 December 2018.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2019), 'Table 3.3 Selected health characteristics, by State/Territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, 2018–19, Proportion of persons,' National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2018-19, cat. no. 4715.0, 11 December 2019.