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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Falls

In the past 3 months, how many times have you fallen?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 fall 2 falls 3-4 falls 5+ falls No falls
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,346 1,002 9.0 8.4- 9.7 365 3.4 3.0- 3.9 193 1.8 1.5- 2.2 113 1.0 0.8- 1.3 8,673 84.7 83.9-85.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 303 31 10.0 6.8-14.4 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9 254 84.7 79.7-88.7
GENDER
Male 103 4 3.0 1.1- 7.8 5 3.2 1.3- 8.1 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 91 90.9 84.1-95.0
Female 200 27 15.1 10.1-21.9 4 2.3 0.7- 7.1 3 1.1 0.4- 3.6 3 1.3 0.4- 4.7 163 80.2 72.9-85.9
RACE
White 274 28 10.0 6.7-14.7 9 3.0 1.4- 6.3 4 1.3 0.5- 3.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.4 229 84.2 78.9-88.5
Other 28 2 8.4 2.0-29.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.0 0.3-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 25 89.6 70.0-97.0
AGE
45+ 298 31 10.1 6.9-14.6 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 5 1.4 0.6- 3.3 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9 249 84.5 79.4-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 9 5.6 2.7-11.2 5 3.8 1.4- 9.9 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2 3 2.5 0.8- 8.2 112 86.0 78.3-91.3
Some College + 169 22 13.9 8.9-21.0 4 1.7 0.6- 5.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 140 83.3 76.1-88.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 18 8.8 5.3-14.3 5 2.5 0.9- 7.2 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 3 1.4 0.4- 5.3 155 85.8 79.3-90.5
$50,000+ 78 10 13.8 7.2-24.8 3 2.5 0.8- 7.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 64 82.8 71.8-90.0

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Asked only of respondents age 45 and 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.


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