Rib fractures in the Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection

There is a high prevalence of rib fractures in human remains from archeological contexts, but these are seldom the focus paleopathological studies pertaining skeletal trauma. This study aims to document fracture patterns Coimbra Identified Skeletal Collection, Department Life Sciences, University Coimbra. Specific this included estimation 252 individuals, both sexes (females: 128; males: 124), with age-at-death varying 20 96 years; and analysis relationship between age-at-death, biological sex, bone mineral density measured at proximal femur. The crude 6.3% (16 cases total individuals observed); while true rate 0.7% (38 fractured ribs relation 5656 studied). Males have been more affected than females (males: 10.5%, 13/124; females: 2.3%, 3/128). Individuals one or were significantly older (mean=66.19 years old; standard deviation [SD]=14.08) those who not experienced any (mean=50.41 SD=19.45). Bone was also associated presence only females. These results expand scientific awareness about collections.