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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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%)
All Participants 150082 20,472 12.7 12.4-13.0 129610 87.3 87.0-87.6
Alabama 1,963 275 12.6 11.1-14.3 1,688 87.4 85.7-88.9
Alaska 1,297 227 16.7 14.1-19.7 1,070 83.3 80.3-85.9
Arizona 1,984 270 12.4 10.6-14.5 1,714 87.6 85.5-89.4
Arkansas 2,538 334 13.4 12.0-15.0 2,204 86.6 85.0-88.0
California 2,302 313 12.9 11.3-14.7 1,989 87.1 85.3-88.7
Colorado 2,205 307 14.0 12.5-15.7 1,898 86.0 84.3-87.5
Connecticut 2,931 371 12.2 11.0-13.6 2,560 87.8 86.4-89.0
Delaware 2,263 256 10.4 8.9-12.2 2,007 89.6 87.8-91.1
District of Columbia 978 134 12.5 10.3-15.1 844 87.5 84.9-89.7
Florida 3,244 387 10.3 8.8-12.0 2,857 89.7 88.0-91.2
Georgia 4,254 579 12.7 11.5-14.1 3,675 87.3 85.9-88.5
Hawaii 3,408 278 7.1 6.1- 8.2 3,130 92.9 91.8-93.9
Idaho 2,769 437 15.6 14.0-17.3 2,332 84.4 82.7-86.0
Illinois 1,412 157 10.0 8.2-12.1 1,255 90.0 87.9-91.8
Indiana 3,030 424 14.0 12.7-15.4 2,606 86.0 84.6-87.3
Iowa 2,988 335 10.9 9.7-12.2 2,653 89.1 87.8-90.3
Kansas 2,643 334 12.3 10.9-13.7 2,309 87.7 86.3-89.1
Kentucky 4,618 597 11.8 10.6-13.1 4,021 88.2 86.9-89.4
Louisiana 2,830 293 9.6 8.5-10.9 2,537 90.4 89.1-91.5
Maine 1,386 214 15.1 13.2-17.3 1,172 84.9 82.7-86.8
Maryland 2,380 279 11.5 9.9-13.2 2,101 88.5 86.8-90.1
Massachusetts 3,815 569 14.1 12.8-15.6 3,246 85.9 84.4-87.2
Michigan 2,146 291 13.5 11.9-15.2 1,855 86.5 84.8-88.1
Minnesota 2,182 259 11.6 10.2-13.1 1,923 88.4 86.9-89.8
Mississippi 2,512 373 13.7 12.4-15.3 2,139 86.3 84.7-87.6
Missouri 2,484 394 15.5 13.6-17.5 2,090 84.5 82.5-86.4
Montana 2,466 404 17.3 15.4-19.4 2,062 82.7 80.6-84.6
Nebraska 2,868 353 12.1 10.8-13.4 2,515 87.9 86.6-89.2
Nevada 1,657 214 12.1 9.9-14.7 1,443 87.9 85.3-90.1
New Hampshire 2,890 439 15.0 13.6-16.5 2,451 85.0 83.5-86.4
New Jersey 6,456 795 11.9 11.0-12.9 5,661 88.1 87.1-89.0
New Mexico 3,258 480 14.0 12.7-15.5 2,778 86.0 84.5-87.3
New York 3,077 405 12.5 11.2-13.9 2,672 87.5 86.1-88.8
North Carolina 5,568 706 11.9 10.7-13.3 4,862 88.1 86.7-89.3
North Dakota 1,804 245 13.6 11.9-15.4 1,559 86.4 84.6-88.1
Ohio 2,139 282 12.4 10.8-14.2 1,857 87.6 85.8-89.2
Oklahoma 4,610 650 13.0 12.0-14.1 3,960 87.0 85.9-88.0
Oregon 2,330 360 15.3 13.7-17.0 1,970 84.7 83.0-86.3
Pennsylvania 2,102 282 13.8 12.2-15.6 1,820 86.2 84.4-87.8
Rhode Island 2,209 292 13.5 11.9-15.2 1,917 86.5 84.8-88.1
South Carolina 3,365 445 12.3 11.1-13.6 2,920 87.7 86.4-88.9
South Dakota 3,205 432 12.9 11.6-14.2 2,773 87.1 85.8-88.4
Tennessee 1,504 204 13.1 11.3-15.1 1,300 86.9 84.9-88.7
Texas 3,065 430 13.2 12.0-14.6 2,635 86.8 85.4-88.0
Utah 2,007 292 13.6 11.8-15.8 1,715 86.4 84.2-88.2
Vermont 2,542 415 16.6 15.0-18.2 2,127 83.4 81.8-85.0
Virginia 3,053 399 12.8 11.4-14.5 2,654 87.2 85.5-88.6
Washington 10,862 1,794 15.6 14.8-16.5 9,068 84.4 83.5-85.2
West Virginia 2,114 337 16.0 14.4-17.8 1,777 84.0 82.2-85.6
Wisconsin 2,184 286 12.9 11.4-14.7 1,898 87.1 85.3-88.6
Wyoming 2,407 390 15.5 14.0-17.1 2,017 84.5 82.9-86.0
Guam 295 34 11.1 7.7-15.7 261 88.9 84.3-92.3
Puerto Rico 2,443 278 10.5 9.0-12.1 2,165 89.5 87.9-91.0
Virgin Islands 1,040 142 12.5 10.2-15.2 898 87.5 84.8-89.8

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*This question was asked of respondents ages 45 or older

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = 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.

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