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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Osteoporosis

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,780 1,502 5.8 5.4- 6.1 15,278 94.2 93.9-94.6
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 467 34 4.6 3.2- 6.6 433 95.4 93.4-96.8
GENDER
Male 155 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 154 99.6 97.0-99.9
Female 312 33 7.8 5.4-11.2 279 92.2 88.8-94.6
RACE
White 293 26 5.9 3.9- 9.0 267 94.1 91.0-96.1
Other 170 8 3.0 1.4- 6.3 162 97.0 93.7-98.6
AGE
18-44 170 3 1.2 0.4- 4.1 167 98.8 95.9-99.6
45+ 293 31 8.1 5.5-11.7 262 91.9 88.3-94.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 265 22 4.6 2.9- 7.3 243 95.4 92.7-97.1
Some College + 200 12 4.5 2.5- 8.3 188 95.5 91.7-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 269 20 4.2 2.6- 6.7 249 95.8 93.3-97.4
$50,000+ 123 6 3.5 1.5- 7.7 117 96.5 92.3-98.5

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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

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