The Warning Sign of Disaster: Osteoporosis
The Rana Plaza collapse occurred on 24 April 2013.
The 1931 China floods.
We do not realize how dangerous it is.
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
With just a single cough,
While brushing your teeth,
From a bump during a drive,
Or a simple stumble,
Most people miss the golden time.
And then the disaster strikes.
There are 500 million osteoporosis patients worldwide.
The Korean Society for Bone and Mineral Research, National Health Insurance Service. Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Fractures FACT SHEET 2023. Seoul: The Korean Society for Bone and Mineral Research; 2023.
KOREA UNIVERSITY MEDICINE, Hip Fracture Mortality Rate 70% 'Rapid Surgery and Rehabilitation Treatment Are Important'.
Osteoporosis has a higher mortality rate
than thyroid cancer.
Association between thyroid cancer incidence and health indicators in OECD 34 countries; KJFP.
King AB, Fiorentino DM. Medicare payment cuts for osteoporosis testing reduced use despite tests’ benefit in reducing fractures. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30(12):2362-2370.
Osteoporosis will affect more than 2 billion
in the super-aging era.
Clinical Practice Guideline of Korean Medicine - Osteoporosis.
Bone densitometry worldwide: a global survey by the ISCD and IOF // Numbers of CT and MRI scanner per million population in 5 provinces and OECD countries // Korea: 40 Japan: 115 China: 23 // Density (number /million of the population) of central DXA (spine/hip) units in non- European countries in 2003 (from Kanis and Johnell, 2005).
Even in Korea,
testing is often overlooked.
Korea National Health Insurance Science (2025)
