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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Falls-AFRICAN AMERICANS

The next question asks about a recent fall. By a fall, we mean when a person unintentionally comes to rest on the ground or another lower level.
In the past 3 months, have you had a fall?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,044 118 10.3 8.0-13.1 926 89.7 86.9-92.0
GENDER
Male 352 34 9.3 5.9-14.4 318 90.7 85.6-94.1
Female 692 84 11.0 8.2-14.6 608 89.0 85.4-91.8
AGE
45-54 412 43 8.4 5.7-12.2 369 91.6 87.8-94.3
55-64 286 28 7.3 4.2-12.2 258 92.7 87.8-95.8
65-74 204 20 12.6 6.8-22.3 184 87.4 77.7-93.2
75+ 142 27 18.9 11.1-30.5 115 81.1 69.5-88.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 353 45 13.3 8.7-19.7 308 86.7 80.3-91.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 341 36 8.8 5.6-13.4 305 91.2 86.6-94.4
Some Post-H.S. 193 26 12.9 7.6-20.9 167 87.1 79.1-92.4
College Graduate 152 11 4.8 2.0-11.0 141 95.2 89.0-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 235 37 17.1 11.4-25.0 198 82.9 75.0-88.6
$15,000- 24,999 236 28 9.8 5.6-16.7 208 90.2 83.3-94.4
$25,000- 34,999 104 3 3.5 0.8-13.5 101 96.5 86.5-99.2
$35,000- 49,999 86 9 10.9 4.7-23.4 77 89.1 76.6-95.3
$50,000-74,999 61 3 4.6 0.9-20.5 58 95.4 79.5-99.1
$75,000+ 49 2 4.1 0.7-19.4 47 95.9 80.6-99.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 16 2 10.6 2.4-36.3 14 89.4 63.7-97.6
Guilford 58 3 4.6 1.0-18.4 55 95.4 81.6-99.0
Mecklenburg 58 4 5.2 1.8-14.4 54 94.8 85.6-98.2
Orange 24 3 16.4 5.2-41.4 21 83.6 58.6-94.8
Wake 32 1 4.5 0.6-25.9 31 95.5 74.1-99.4
Chatham/Lee 41 7 15.3 6.1-33.6 34 84.7 66.4-93.9
Nash/Wilson 67 10 18.6 8.9-34.8 57 81.4 65.2-91.1
Craven/Pamlico 60 6 7.8 3.2-17.8 54 92.2 82.2-96.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 11 0 0.0 . - . 11 100 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 4 1 19.1 2.3-70.8 3 80.9 29.2-97.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 96 11 10.0 5.0-18.8 85 90.0 81.2-95.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 86 12 15.3 8.5-26.0 74 84.7 74.0-91.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 87 11 13.2 6.5-24.9 76 86.8 75.1-93.5
Northeast NC I 140 15 8.3 4.8-14.1 125 91.7 85.9-95.2
Northeast NC II 98 9 8.3 4.0-16.2 89 91.7 83.8-96.0
Northeastern Partnership 238 24 8.3 5.3-12.8 214 91.7 87.2-94.7
Mountain AHEC 27 4 19.8 6.0-48.9 23 80.2 51.1-94.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 584 67 10.6 7.6-14.8 517 89.4 85.2-92.4
Piedmont 422 46 9.9 6.7-14.3 376 90.1 85.7-93.3
Western NC 38 5 11.5 3.2-34.0 33 88.5 66.0-96.8

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*This question was asked of respondents ages 45 or older

^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: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): 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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