Editing Colles' fracture (section)

== Epidemiology ==

Colles fractures occur in all age groups, although certain patterns follow an age distribution.{{cn|date=October 2020}}
* In the elderly, because of the weaker cortex, the fracture is more often extra-articular.
* Younger individuals tend to require a higher energy force to cause the fracture and tend to have more complex [[intra-articular]] fractures. In children with open [[Epiphyseal plate|epiphyses]], an equivalent fracture is the "epiphyseal slip", as can be seen in other joints, such as a [[slipped capital femoral epiphysis]] in the hip. This is a [[Salter-Harris fractures|Salter I or II fracture]] with the deforming forces directed through the weaker [[epiphyseal plate]].
* More common in women because of post-menopausal osteoporosis.