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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Falls-WHITE 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 1,558 172 11.0 8.8-13.8 1,386 89.0 86.2-91.2
AGE
45-54 486 55 11.6 7.5-17.7 431 88.4 82.3-92.5
55-64 454 46 9.5 6.3-14.0 408 90.5 86.0-93.7
65-74 387 36 9.3 6.1-14.0 351 90.7 86.0-93.9
75+ 231 35 15.2 9.9-22.6 196 84.8 77.4-90.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 254 39 14.6 9.3-22.2 215 85.4 77.8-90.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 427 46 12.0 7.7-18.1 381 88.0 81.9-92.3
Some Post-H.S. 336 35 10.5 6.6-16.3 301 89.5 83.7-93.4
College Graduate 535 51 9.3 5.8-14.5 484 90.7 85.5-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 135 23 14.6 8.1-24.9 112 85.4 75.1-91.9
$15,000- 24,999 223 23 11.8 5.9-22.1 200 88.2 77.9-94.1
$25,000- 34,999 149 15 11.7 5.6-22.6 134 88.3 77.4-94.4
$35,000- 49,999 241 27 10.4 6.3-16.7 214 89.6 83.3-93.7
$50,000-74,999 205 23 10.1 5.9-16.7 182 89.9 83.3-94.1
$75,000+ 259 16 7.7 3.0-18.3 243 92.3 81.7-97.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 105 13 12.4 7.0-21.1 92 87.6 78.9-93.0
Guilford 73 11 15.2 8.2-26.2 62 84.8 73.8-91.8
Mecklenburg 65 7 11.9 5.3-24.6 58 88.1 75.4-94.7
Orange 69 7 8.5 3.8-17.6 62 91.5 82.4-96.2
Wake 59 5 6.2 2.3-15.5 54 93.8 84.5-97.7
Chatham/Lee 76 0 0.0 . - . 76 100 . - .
Nash/Wilson 54 4 5.4 1.9-14.2 50 94.6 85.8-98.1
Craven/Pamlico 94 11 10.8 5.9-18.9 83 89.2 81.1-94.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 83 16 29.0 14.5-49.6 67 71.0 50.4-85.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 98 10 7.9 3.9-15.5 88 92.1 84.5-96.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 65 7 12.6 5.3-27.3 58 87.4 72.7-94.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 87 8 8.6 4.1-17.3 79 91.4 82.7-95.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 54 7 13.5 6.3-26.5 47 86.5 73.5-93.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 54 8 16.6 7.4-33.2 46 83.4 66.8-92.6
Northeast NC I 56 8 17.2 8.4-32.2 48 82.8 67.8-91.6
Northeast NC II 81 9 11.8 6.0-21.9 72 88.2 78.1-94.0
Northeastern Partnership 137 17 13.3 8.1-21.2 120 86.7 78.8-91.9
Mountain AHEC 279 33 12.5 8.3-18.4 246 87.5 81.6-91.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 469 54 11.0 6.5-17.9 415 89.0 82.1-93.5
Piedmont 656 60 8.5 6.1-11.7 596 91.5 88.3-93.9
Western NC 433 58 18.6 12.7-26.4 375 81.4 73.6-87.3

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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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