An article titled 'Over 50s cautioned as hip fractures on the rise' which was published in the HEALTHplus supplement on June 12th, incorrectly stated "there is a 22 per cent death rate within a year from a broken hip, mainly from the anaesthetic, blood clots and other phenomena ..". The word 'anaesthetic' was incorrectly used as a contributor to the high death rate in these patients.