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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 435 48 7.4 5.4-10.2 387 92.6 89.8-94.6
GENDER
Male 153 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 150 98.9 96.5-99.7
Female 282 45 13.3 9.6-18.1 237 86.7 81.9-90.4
RACE
White 369 44 7.9 5.7-11.0 325 92.1 89.0-94.3
Other 66 4 5.3 2.0-13.7 62 94.7 86.3-98.0
AGE
18-44 142 3 2.1 0.6- 6.5 139 97.9 93.5-99.4
45+ 291 45 12.1 8.8-16.4 246 87.9 83.6-91.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 24 9.1 5.7-14.2 116 90.9 85.8-94.3
Some College + 295 24 6.5 4.1-10.0 271 93.5 90.0-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 28 7.3 4.8-11.0 184 92.7 89.0-95.2
$50,000+ 159 14 7.4 4.2-12.7 145 92.6 87.3-95.8

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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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