Professor David Coggon and his team looked at the cases of 914 hip fracture patients and 1196 people, also from the Hartlepool area, who had not suffered from the condition, reports the medical journal The Lancet.

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An official at the hospital said the man was in critical condition with multiple rib fractures, and that his female companion was also being treated there for a pelvis fracture.

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