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Fast facts

Bone is living, growing tissue that is both flexible and strong.
Throughout life, you are constantly losing old bone and forming new bone.
Osteoporosis happens when you lose too much bone, make too little of it or both.
People with osteoporosis cannot feel their bones getting weaker, and many people do not know they have osteoporosis until they break a bone.
Osteoarthritis usually develops in people over the age of 50.
Osteoarthritis is most likely to develop in the joints of the knees, hips or hands.

Osteoporosis affects an estimated 75 million people in Europe, the USA and Japan.
Globally, half of all women and up to one in four men older than 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis.
Between 1990 and 2000, there was nearly a 25% increase in hip fractures across the globe.
By 2050, the worldwide incidence of hip fracture in men is projected to increase by 310% and 240% in women.
An estimated 8.5 million people in the UK and 27 million people in the US are affected by osteoarthritis.
In the US, it is thought that osteoarthritis accounts for 25% of visits to primary care physicians.