🦴 The most commonly broken bones in the world, ranked by annual cases:
1. Knee, shin, calf, or ankle: 32.7M
2. Forearm: 30.7M
3. Collarbone, shoulder blade, upper arm: 19.3M
4. Hand or wrist: 19M
5. Thigh (femur): 14.6M
6. Hip: 14.2M
7. Facial bones: 10.7M
7. Foot bones: 10.7M
9. Spine: 8.6M
10. Skull: 7.6M
11. Pelvis: 6M
12. Sternum or ribs:: 4.1M
Lower-leg and forearm fractures dominate globally, driven by falls and high-impact accidents across all age groups. The hip is one of the only sites where women fracture more often than men, linked to post-menopausal bone density loss.
Source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, Lancet Healthy Longevity (204 countries, all ages)