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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Falls-MALES

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 2,004 217 10.6 8.7-12.9 1,787 89.4 87.1-91.3
RACE
White 1,558 172 11.0 8.8-13.8 1,386 89.0 86.2-91.2
African American 352 34 9.3 5.9-14.4 318 90.7 85.6-94.1
Asian 6 0 0.0 . - . 6 100 . - .
Native American 45 7 14.4 5.4-33.4 38 85.6 66.6-94.6
Other Minorities 37 4 8.2 2.1-27.4 33 91.8 72.6-97.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 4 6.0 1.9-17.3 31 94.0 82.7-98.1
-English Speaking 18 3 14.0 3.8-40.4 15 86.0 59.6-96.2
-Spanish Speaking 17 1 3.0 0.4-20.4 16 97.0 79.6-99.6
Non-Hispanic 1,969 213 10.7 8.8-13.1 1,756 89.3 86.9-91.2
AGE
45-54 685 78 11.1 7.7-15.8 607 88.9 84.2-92.3
55-64 585 57 9.0 6.2-12.8 528 91.0 87.2-93.8
65-74 460 43 9.7 6.5-14.1 417 90.3 85.9-93.5
75+ 274 39 14.1 9.3-20.7 235 85.9 79.3-90.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 405 58 13.2 9.1-18.7 347 86.8 81.3-90.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 569 57 10.4 7.0-15.3 512 89.6 84.7-93.0
Some Post-H.S. 421 45 11.6 7.9-16.7 376 88.4 83.3-92.1
College Graduate 600 56 8.8 5.6-13.5 544 91.2 86.5-94.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 34 12.8 7.9-20.2 172 87.2 79.8-92.1
$15,000- 24,999 341 36 10.5 6.1-17.5 305 89.5 82.5-93.9
$25,000- 34,999 194 18 11.7 6.3-20.7 176 88.3 79.3-93.7
$35,000- 49,999 291 35 11.0 7.1-16.7 256 89.0 83.3-92.9
$50,000-74,999 243 24 9.5 5.7-15.5 219 90.5 84.5-94.3
$75,000+ 285 18 7.9 3.4-17.4 267 92.1 82.6-96.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 113 14 12.4 7.1-20.6 99 87.6 79.4-92.9
Guilford 100 15 14.3 8.3-23.6 85 85.7 76.4-91.7
Mecklenburg 86 8 10.1 4.8-20.2 78 89.9 79.8-95.2
Orange 82 8 8.2 3.9-16.2 74 91.8 83.8-96.1
Wake 72 5 4.8 1.8-12.1 67 95.2 87.9-98.2
Chatham/Lee 92 0 0.0 . - . 92 100 . - .
Nash/Wilson 86 12 14.8 7.5-27.0 74 85.2 73.0-92.5
Craven/Pamlico 121 13 9.8 5.6-16.6 108 90.2 83.4-94.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 88 17 28.4 14.3-48.4 71 71.6 51.6-85.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 102 10 7.7 3.8-15.0 92 92.3 85.0-96.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 11 11.4 5.7-21.5 94 88.6 78.5-94.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 94 11 11.1 5.9-19.9 83 88.9 80.1-94.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 108 12 12.9 7.3-21.6 96 87.1 78.4-92.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 77 10 13.0 6.1-25.6 67 87.0 74.4-93.9
Northeast NC I 99 9 10.1 5.1-19.2 90 89.9 80.8-94.9
Northeast NC II 116 13 12.4 7.0-21.0 103 87.6 79.0-93.0
Northeastern Partnership 215 22 11.6 7.4-17.8 193 88.4 82.2-92.6
Mountain AHEC 301 38 13.0 8.8-18.7 263 87.0 81.3-91.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 709 80 11.5 7.9-16.5 629 88.5 83.5-92.1
Piedmont 833 73 7.9 5.8-10.6 760 92.1 89.4-94.2
Western NC 462 64 18.2 12.6-25.7 398 81.8 74.3-87.4

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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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