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Vitamin D deficiency and rickets is surprisingly high worldwide. Here in the US an estimated 50% of the teenage population are vitamin D insufficient or deficient. Additionally, 50% of children ages 1-5 are vitamin deficient, and 70% of 6-11 year-olds are.
High percentages of African-Americans, Native Americans, Mexican-Americans, and other darker skinned people are also affected, as well as the elderly.
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What bone disease is called by the lack of calcium in the diet?
Rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
What percent of people have guns?
In the US, about 33 percent
Where can you get Rickets?
how do u get rickets
How is rickets spread?
by not taking enough vitamin d as a person with rickets does
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the percent of the answear 17 percent.
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65 percent
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What is the percent of underage drinking in america?
What cultural group is affected most by Rickets?
Cacasian or Asian people.
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The percentage of the total available wealth the richest 20 percent of the people in the US owned in 2002 was 84.5 percent. The US has many wealthy people.
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99.99%
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43%
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57%
