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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 748 82 8.3 6.4-10.7 666 91.7 89.3-93.6
GENDER
Male 257 7 2.9 1.2- 6.6 250 97.1 93.4-98.8
Female 491 75 12.6 9.7-16.3 416 87.4 83.7-90.3
RACE
White 666 78 8.9 6.8-11.5 588 91.1 88.5-93.2
Other 82 4 4.2 1.4-12.1 78 95.8 87.9-98.6
AGE
18-44 246 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 245 99.5 96.7-99.9
45+ 499 81 15.4 12.1-19.6 418 84.6 80.4-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 354 39 7.9 5.4-11.3 315 92.1 88.7-94.6
Some College + 394 43 8.8 6.2-12.4 351 91.2 87.6-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 473 55 8.9 6.5-12.2 418 91.1 87.8-93.5
$50,000+ 158 11 5.3 2.6-10.6 147 94.7 89.4-97.4

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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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