• 1. Incidence of 30.7/100,000/year
  • 69.1% occurs in males, average age of 40.8 years old
  • 30.9% occurs in females, average age of 56 years old

• II.Location of injury
  • 45.7% for finger phalanges
  • 11.2% for tibia and fibula – most common long bone fracture, the infection rate in this area is 10 to 20 times higher
  • 7.1% distal radius
  • 7.1% toe phalanges
  • 5.3% ankles
  • Others account for 23% which include metacarpus, proximal ulna, metatarsus, etc.

Incidence Rate