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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Falls-FEMALES

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 3,564 489 13.0 11.5-14.7 3,075 87.0 85.3-88.5
RACE
White 2,729 383 13.5 11.8-15.4 2,346 86.5 84.6-88.2
African American 692 84 11.0 8.2-14.6 608 89.0 85.4-91.8
Asian 6 1 6.8 0.7-43.7 5 93.2 56.3-99.3
Native American 87 17 18.6 9.1-34.2 70 81.4 65.8-90.9
Other Minorities 43 4 9.3 3.1-24.9 39 90.7 75.1-96.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 49 8 10.3 3.0-29.9 41 89.7 70.1-97.0
-English Speaking 38 8 21.7 7.1-50.2 30 78.3 49.8-92.9
-Spanish Speaking 11 0 0.0 . - . 11 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,513 481 13.1 11.6-14.7 3,032 86.9 85.3-88.4
AGE
45-54 1,155 141 10.8 8.5-13.7 1,014 89.2 86.3-91.5
55-64 947 118 11.2 8.8-14.3 829 88.8 85.7-91.2
65-74 805 107 15.5 11.9-19.8 698 84.5 80.2-88.1
75+ 657 123 17.0 13.4-21.3 534 83.0 78.7-86.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 744 126 16.1 12.6-20.3 618 83.9 79.7-87.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 146 13.3 10.7-16.6 999 86.7 83.4-89.3
Some Post-H.S. 858 103 10.8 8.2-14.2 755 89.2 85.8-91.8
College Graduate 804 114 12.1 9.4-15.4 690 87.9 84.6-90.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 547 102 20.6 16.1-25.9 445 79.4 74.1-83.9
$15,000- 24,999 643 87 12.1 9.0-16.1 556 87.9 83.9-91.0
$25,000- 34,999 354 38 10.3 6.3-16.3 316 89.7 83.7-93.7
$35,000- 49,999 375 35 7.5 4.9-11.4 340 92.5 88.6-95.1
$50,000-74,999 302 40 15.3 10.0-22.8 262 84.7 77.2-90.0
$75,000+ 343 37 9.0 5.9-13.6 306 91.0 86.4-94.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 181 18 9.9 6.0-16.0 163 90.1 84.0-94.0
Guilford 165 14 7.1 4.0-12.3 151 92.9 87.7-96.0
Mecklenburg 157 21 12.9 8.2-19.8 136 87.1 80.2-91.8
Orange 148 21 15.4 9.6-23.7 127 84.6 76.3-90.4
Wake 125 11 9.1 4.9-16.4 114 90.9 83.6-95.1
Chatham/Lee 156 26 18.4 12.4-26.5 130 81.6 73.5-87.6
Nash/Wilson 145 22 16.8 10.9-25.0 123 83.2 75.0-89.1
Craven/Pamlico 172 17 11.2 6.7-18.1 155 88.8 81.9-93.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 173 20 10.5 6.5-16.5 153 89.5 83.5-93.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 30 15.8 10.6-22.8 135 84.2 77.2-89.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 185 29 13.7 9.0-20.4 156 86.3 79.6-91.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 169 26 14.6 9.7-21.2 143 85.4 78.8-90.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 164 28 18.0 12.3-25.5 136 82.0 74.5-87.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 192 20 10.6 6.7-16.6 172 89.4 83.4-93.3
Northeast NC I 185 25 13.1 8.7-19.4 160 86.9 80.6-91.3
Northeast NC II 214 28 12.6 8.6-18.2 186 87.4 81.8-91.4
Northeastern Partnership 399 53 12.8 9.6-16.8 346 87.2 83.2-90.4
Mountain AHEC 556 84 16.5 12.6-21.3 472 83.5 78.7-87.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,287 165 12.1 9.8-14.9 1,122 87.9 85.1-90.2
Piedmont 1,442 199 12.9 10.7-15.4 1,243 87.1 84.6-89.3
Western NC 835 125 15.3 12.1-19.1 710 84.7 80.9-87.9

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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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