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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Osteoporosis

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have 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
-Durham County 458 34 4.1 2.8- 5.9 424 95.9 94.1-97.2
GENDER
Male 156 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 154 99.4 97.6-99.9
Female 302 32 7.3 5.0-10.6 270 92.7 89.4-95.0
RACE
White 256 27 7.0 4.7-10.5 229 93.0 89.5-95.3
Other 199 7 1.5 0.7- 3.2 192 98.5 96.8-99.3
AGE
18-44 227 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 225 99.6 98.2-99.9
45+ 230 32 10.0 6.9-14.4 198 90.0 85.6-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 19 5.9 3.5- 9.7 126 94.1 90.3-96.5
Some College + 313 15 2.9 1.6- 4.9 298 97.1 95.1-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 21 4.7 2.9- 7.6 204 95.3 92.4-97.1
$50,000+ 174 8 2.9 1.4- 6.0 166 97.1 94.0-98.6

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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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