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Osteoporosis has become a rapidly social burden for public health in South Korea, but the lack of epidemiological study on osteoporosis patients. We investigated a demographic information, health behavior, socio -economic level and quality of life for non-treated osteoporosis patients with the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2005. 1,089 subjects (≥ 40 years) with osteoporosis were included. The mean age was 66.0 ± 9.1 years in treated group being older than non-treated (64.7 ± 10 years) and the medical aid coverage was higher with treated group (64.1% vs. 58.9%). The treated patients group reported a significantly higher frequency of weight management, non- drinking, regular health examination, but smoking and regular exercise did not differ between groups. Mobility and pain/discomfort with treated patients group were statistically lower than non-treated in QoL. Factor of osteoporosis treated was significantly associated with the medical aid (OR: 1.73, 95% CI: 1.16-2.57) and overall QoL-VAS (OR: 0.91, 95% CI: 0.85-0.98, Unit: 10 points) after adjusted age and comobidity of osteoarthritis. People between middle and high socio-economic level consider that osteoporosis consider that osteoporosis is a mild disease and they do not manage the disease intensively. A public health program or policy should be adapted to manage their disease with anti-osteoporosis agents and other medical interventions.