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ABSTRACT

With population aging, osteoporosis and fractures caused by fragility are a serious health problem, particularly in women; nevertheless, in men, this entity is associated with greater disability and mortality. In our environment, medical information and publications related to osteoporosis in elder men are scarce. The purpose of this article is to update the topic based on the results of national publications, and to identify the frequency of mortality due to osteoporotic fractures in Cuban elder men. In the Scielo Cuba database, through the osteoporosis descriptor, all the articles related to the topic were found. In the health yearbooks, mortality due to accidents was sought, as well as morbidity due to fractures. In both cases, the search was restricted to the years 2000-2016. In the Scielo Cuba database, 23 articles were identified, and in none of them the objective was related to osteoporosis in men, although in 5/14 of the original articles among the subjects there were elder men. The Cuban Guide for diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis does not include criteria to be applied in men. In the health yearbooks it was not possible to identify osteoporosis as an entity. Regardless the health benefits Cuban population has in relation to osteoporosis, in the particular case of elder men gaps are been identified, both epidemiological and clinical.