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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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 4,287 555 12.4 10.9-14.0 3,732 87.6 86.0-89.1
GENDER
Male 1,558 172 11.0 8.8-13.8 1,386 89.0 86.2-91.2
Female 2,729 383 13.5 11.8-15.4 2,346 86.5 84.6-88.2
AGE
45-54 1,325 157 11.5 8.9-14.8 1,168 88.5 85.2-91.1
55-64 1,181 141 10.8 8.5-13.5 1,040 89.2 86.5-91.5
65-74 1,020 125 13.2 10.5-16.6 895 86.8 83.4-89.5
75+ 761 132 15.7 12.5-19.6 629 84.3 80.4-87.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 720 128 16.5 12.9-20.7 592 83.5 79.3-87.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,309 159 13.1 10.5-16.4 1,150 86.9 83.6-89.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,037 115 10.4 8.0-13.6 922 89.6 86.4-92.0
College Graduate 1,208 152 10.8 8.3-14.0 1,056 89.2 86.0-91.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 475 89 18.8 14.3-24.4 386 81.2 75.6-85.7
$15,000- 24,999 689 89 12.5 8.9-17.3 600 87.5 82.7-91.1
$25,000- 34,999 425 51 12.6 8.3-18.6 374 87.4 81.4-91.7
$35,000- 49,999 561 59 9.1 6.4-12.7 502 90.9 87.3-93.6
$50,000-74,999 466 59 13.3 9.5-18.3 407 86.7 81.7-90.5
$75,000+ 565 50 7.9 4.6-13.3 515 92.1 86.7-95.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 270 30 11.4 7.7-16.5 240 88.6 83.5-92.3
Guilford 204 25 11.9 7.7-17.8 179 88.1 82.2-92.3
Mecklenburg 176 23 13.3 8.5-20.2 153 86.7 79.8-91.5
Orange 199 25 11.3 7.4-16.9 174 88.7 83.1-92.6
Wake 154 13 7.1 4.0-12.5 141 92.9 87.5-96.0
Chatham/Lee 197 19 8.5 5.3-13.3 178 91.5 86.7-94.7
Nash/Wilson 156 22 12.6 8.2-18.9 134 87.4 81.1-91.8
Craven/Pamlico 231 24 11.3 7.5-16.8 207 88.7 83.2-92.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 246 36 19.5 11.6-30.9 210 80.5 69.1-88.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 258 39 12.0 8.4-16.9 219 88.0 83.1-91.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 187 28 14.2 8.9-21.9 159 85.8 78.1-91.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 239 31 11.5 7.9-16.5 208 88.5 83.5-92.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 119 18 15.5 9.6-24.1 101 84.5 75.9-90.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 168 17 11.0 6.1-19.0 151 89.0 81.0-93.9
Northeast NC I 141 18 15.1 9.3-23.6 123 84.9 76.4-90.7
Northeast NC II 228 31 13.4 9.2-19.0 197 86.6 81.0-90.8
Northeastern Partnership 369 49 13.9 10.3-18.4 320 86.1 81.6-89.7
Mountain AHEC 791 112 15.2 12.1-18.9 679 84.8 81.1-87.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,293 162 12.3 9.5-15.7 1,131 87.7 84.3-90.5
Piedmont 1,781 216 10.8 9.0-12.9 1,565 89.2 87.1-91.0
Western NC 1,213 177 17.1 13.6-21.2 1,036 82.9 78.8-86.4

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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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