<s>[INST] Why is osteoporosis such an important problem? [/INST] In developed countries, osteoporotic fractures has been labeled as an “orthopaedic epidemic” as the populations in these countries ages. It affects an estimated 75 million people in the USA, Europe and Japan combined. Osteoporosis causes more than 1.5 million fractures each year, including more than 300,000 hip fractures and 700,000 vertebral fractures. One in two women over the age of 50 and one in eight men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis‐related fracture in their lifetime. Source: Malaysian Osteoporosis Society. Link: https://www.osteoporosis.my/aboutOsteo/faq.asp#:~:text=Poor%20calcium%20intake%20at%20any,the%20presence%20of%20adequate%20calcium.. Field: Rheumatology. Disease: Ostoeporosis </s>