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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Falls

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%)
North Carolina 5,568 706 11.9 10.7-13.3 4,862 88.1 86.7-89.3
-Piedmont NC 2,275 272 10.6 9.0-12.4 2,003 89.4 87.6-91.0
GENDER
Male 833 73 7.9 5.8-10.6 760 92.1 89.4-94.2
Female 1,442 199 12.9 10.7-15.4 1,243 87.1 84.6-89.3
RACE
White 1,781 216 10.8 9.0-12.9 1,565 89.2 87.1-91.0
African American 422 46 9.9 6.7-14.3 376 90.1 85.7-93.3
Other Minorities 56 9 10.7 4.6-22.7 47 89.3 77.3-95.4
AGE
18-24 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
25-34 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
35-44 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
45-54 814 97 10.0 7.5-13.2 717 90.0 86.8-92.5
55-64 612 65 8.7 6.3-12.0 547 91.3 88.0-93.7
65-74 465 49 11.3 7.9-15.9 416 88.7 84.1-92.1
75+ 384 61 14.0 10.2-18.9 323 86.0 81.1-89.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 398 57 12.1 8.5-17.0 341 87.9 83.0-91.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 632 72 11.2 8.3-14.9 560 88.8 85.1-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 504 68 13.2 9.6-17.9 436 86.8 82.1-90.4
College Graduate 727 75 7.4 5.4-10.1 652 92.6 89.9-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 232 45 19.8 13.9-27.4 187 80.2 72.6-86.1
$15,000- 24,999 352 40 8.1 5.2-12.3 312 91.9 87.7-94.8
$25,000- 34,999 212 24 11.7 6.5-20.1 188 88.3 79.9-93.5
$35,000- 49,999 282 28 8.8 5.3-14.0 254 91.2 86.0-94.7
$50,000-74,999 245 30 12.6 8.2-19.1 215 87.4 80.9-91.8
$75,000+ 341 31 6.0 3.7- 9.6 310 94.0 90.4-96.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 294 32 11.1 7.6-15.9 262 88.9 84.1-92.4
Guilford 265 29 10.5 7.0-15.5 236 89.5 84.5-93.0
Mecklenburg 243 29 11.6 7.8-17.0 214 88.4 83.0-92.2
Orange 230 29 12.1 8.2-17.6 201 87.9 82.4-91.8
Wake 197 16 7.1 4.2-11.8 181 92.9 88.2-95.8
Chatham/Lee 248 26 9.5 6.2-14.2 222 90.5 85.8-93.8
Nash/Wilson 231 34 15.8 10.7-22.6 197 84.2 77.4-89.3
Craven/Pamlico 293 30 10.5 7.2-15.1 263 89.5 84.9-92.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 261 37 18.5 11.0-29.4 224 81.5 70.6-89.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 267 40 11.9 8.3-16.7 227 88.1 83.3-91.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 290 40 12.6 8.6-18.1 250 87.4 81.9-91.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 37 13.0 9.2-18.0 226 87.0 82.0-90.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 272 40 15.4 11.2-20.9 232 84.6 79.1-88.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 269 30 11.6 7.6-17.4 239 88.4 82.6-92.4
Northeast NC I 284 34 11.8 8.2-16.7 250 88.2 83.3-91.8
Northeast NC II 330 41 12.5 9.0-17.2 289 87.5 82.8-91.0
Northeastern Partnership 614 75 12.3 9.6-15.6 539 87.7 84.4-90.4
Mountain AHEC 857 122 15.0 12.0-18.6 735 85.0 81.4-88.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,996 245 11.8 9.7-14.4 1,751 88.2 85.6-90.3
Piedmont 2,275 272 10.6 9.0-12.4 2,003 89.4 87.6-91.0
Western NC 1,297 189 16.6 13.3-20.6 1,108 83.4 79.4-86.7

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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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