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Table 3 Men 65 years and older with fragility fractures in Quebec in 1999 and 2000: mean and median distances from residence to the nearest bone mineral density device, age-adjusted bone mineral density measurement rate (BMD) with corresponding BMD smoothed rates (BMD SR), and age-adjusted osteoporosis treatment rate (OPT) with corresponding OP treatment smoothed rates (OPT SR) by administrative region

From: Bone mineral density measurement and osteoporosis treatment after a fragility fracture in older adults: regional variation and determinants of use in Quebec

Region

Dist. BMD (km) mean (median)*

BMD (%)**

BMD SR (%)

OPT (%)*

OPT SR (%)

Quebec City

10.0 (2.0)

6.1

5.4

9.0

11.3

Montérégie

8.8 (3.8)

5.7

5.3

11.7

10.6

Lanaudière

22.6 (12.1)

5.5

5.0

13.3

10.0

Eastern Townships

18.0 (12.9)

5.4

5.3

15.2

12.1

Laval

3.4 (3.3)

5.4

5.3

9.9

10.2

Montreal-Center

2.0 (1.7)

4.9

5.3

6.9

10.2

Mauricie, Central Qc

19.8 (4.5)

4.5

4.8

10.5

10.4

Chaudière-Appalaches

27.1 (19.7)

4.4

5.1

13.6

12.5

Outaouais

24.5 (5.4)

3.9

3.7

8.5

9.5

Laurentians

29.9 (12.8)

3.6

4.2

6.8

9.5

Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean

26.3 (13.2)

3.5

3.9

12.5

11.7

Gaspé, Magdalen Island

331.0 (322.6)

1.7

1.1

9.1

11.7

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

88.9 (92.5)

0.7

1.9

10.9

9.7

Lower St. Lawrence

85.7 (74.6)

0.4

1.5

14.5

12.0

North Shore

271.4 (314.4)

0.0

0.8

12.2

11.7

  1. * The difference between regions is statistically significant (p < 0.0001)
  2. ** The difference between regions is not statistically significant (p = .0578)