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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 429 36 5.8 3.9- 8.5 393 94.2 91.5-96.1
GENDER
Male 159 4 2.1 0.7- 6.8 155 97.9 93.2-99.3
Female 270 32 9.7 6.6-14.0 238 90.3 86.0-93.4
RACE
White 281 32 7.9 5.3-11.5 249 92.1 88.5-94.7
Other 148 4 2.8 0.9- 8.5 144 97.2 91.5-99.1
AGE
18-44 172 4 2.6 0.9- 7.3 168 97.4 92.7-99.1
45+ 254 32 9.6 6.6-13.8 222 90.4 86.2-93.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 15 5.6 3.2- 9.7 153 94.4 90.3-96.8
Some College + 259 21 5.9 3.5-10.0 238 94.1 90.0-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 22 6.8 4.1-11.0 213 93.2 89.0-95.9
$50,000+ 141 7 3.7 1.6- 8.5 134 96.3 91.5-98.4

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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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