Description

OSTEOPOREV identifies sample adults whom a doctor or other health professional had ever diagnosed with Osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis, which was not defined in the survey documentation, is a disease in which the bones become weak and are more likely to break, particularly bones in the hip, spine, and wrist.

Comparability

This variable is only available for 1999.

Universe

Availability

• 1984, 1999

Weights

• 1984, 1999 : SAMPWEIGHT