Posted on September 27, 2011 Hip Fractures Tied to Death in 60-Something Women http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/09/27/hip-fractures-tied-to-death-in-60-something-women/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Health+Blog%29 Women in their mid-to-late 60s who break a hip are five times more likely to die within a year compared to women of the same age who didn’t break a hip.