BRFSS 2001 - Guilford County: (Are you taking any vitamin pills or supplements that contain calcium, to lower your risk of osteoporosis or weak bones?*)

	Total Respond.#	Yes	No
North Carolina	2,964	1,573	47.9	45.1-50.7	1,391	52.1	49.3-54.9
Guilford County	198	103	45.5	37.8-53.5	95	54.5	46.5-62.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	227	122	50.1	43.0-57.3	105	49.9	42.7-57.0
Cumberland	177	96	51.4	43.1-59.6	81	48.6	40.4-56.9
Durham	168	82	42.6	33.2-52.6	86	57.4	47.4-66.8
Forsyth	248	137	55.4	48.5-62.1	111	44.6	37.9-51.5
Gaston	227	119	47.9	40.9-55.0	108	52.1	45.0-59.1
Mecklenburg	177	92	50.2	42.1-58.2	85	49.8	41.8-57.9
New Hanover	204	118	53.5	45.8-61.0	86	46.5	39.0-54.2
Onslow	155	86	49.9	41.0-58.7	69	50.1	41.3-59.0
Wake	149	95	58.9	49.8-67.4	54	41.1	32.6-50.2
Western NC	371	195	47.0	41.4-52.7	176	53.0	47.3-58.6
Piedmont NC	358	176	46.1	39.7-52.5	182	53.9	47.5-60.3
Eastern NC	305	152	46.1	39.6-52.8	153	53.9	47.2-60.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Guilford County. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* This question was asked only of female respondents who reported being age 45 years and older.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

	Total Respond.#	Yes			No
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	2,964	1,573	47.9	45.1-50.7	1,391	52.1	49.3-54.9
Guilford County	198	103	45.5	37.8-53.5	95	54.5	46.5-62.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	227	122	50.1	43.0-57.3	105	49.9	42.7-57.0
Cumberland	177	96	51.4	43.1-59.6	81	48.6	40.4-56.9
Durham	168	82	42.6	33.2-52.6	86	57.4	47.4-66.8
Forsyth	248	137	55.4	48.5-62.1	111	44.6	37.9-51.5
Gaston	227	119	47.9	40.9-55.0	108	52.1	45.0-59.1
Mecklenburg	177	92	50.2	42.1-58.2	85	49.8	41.8-57.9
New Hanover	204	118	53.5	45.8-61.0	86	46.5	39.0-54.2
Onslow	155	86	49.9	41.0-58.7	69	50.1	41.3-59.0
Wake	149	95	58.9	49.8-67.4	54	41.1	32.6-50.2
Western NC	371	195	47.0	41.4-52.7	176	53.0	47.3-58.6
Piedmont NC	358	176	46.1	39.7-52.5	182	53.9	47.5-60.3
Eastern NC	305	152	46.1	39.6-52.8	153	53.9	47.2-60.4

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Guilford County

Osteoporosis Prevention

Are you taking any vitamin pills or supplements that contain calcium, to lower your risk of osteoporosis or weak bones?*