| CATEGORY | Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue |
| SYSTEM | Musculoskeletal System |
| ORGAN | Bones |
| ALTERNATE NAMES /COMMON NAMES | - |
| NAMES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES | Asthi sushirata wale in Hindi |
| ICD 10 CLASSIFICATION | M80 |
| WORLD STATISTICS | Approximately affects 55% of Americans aged 50 and above. Around the world, at least 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men over the age of 50 have weak bones. Osteoporosis causes more than 8.9 million fractures annually. |
| INDIAN STATISTICS | Not reliably known |
