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| Total Respond.^ |
1 injury | 2 or more injuries | No injuries | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,663 | 463 | 27.3 | 24.7-30.1 | 113 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.2 | 1,087 | 66.1 | 63.2-68.9 |
| -Eastern NC | 572 | 155 | 29.2 | 24.7-34.1 | 40 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.4 | 377 | 63.8 | 58.6-68.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 180 | 48 | 26.8 | 19.8-35.3 | 14 | 9.9 | 5.3-17.5 | 118 | 63.3 | 54.3-71.4 |
| Female | 392 | 107 | 30.8 | 25.2-37.0 | 26 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.8 | 259 | 64.1 | 57.9-69.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 419 | 111 | 27.9 | 22.9-33.4 | 26 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.2 | 282 | 66.1 | 60.4-71.4 |
| African American | 119 | 33 | 28.6 | 19.4-40.0 | 11 | 9.7 | 4.0-21.5 | 75 | 61.7 | 49.9-72.3 |
| Other Minorities | 31 | 9 | 40.8 | 19.7-65.9 | 3 | 9.4 | 2.3-31.3 | 19 | 49.8 | 26.4-73.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 10 | 3 | 39.1 | 10.4-78.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 60.9 | 22.0-89.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 559 | 150 | 28.1 | 23.8-32.9 | 40 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.8 | 369 | 64.5 | 59.5-69.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 45-54 | 158 | 45 | 26.3 | 19.0-35.0 | 16 | 9.3 | 4.7-17.6 | 97 | 64.4 | 54.9-73.0 |
| 55-64 | 149 | 36 | 29.8 | 21.2-40.1 | 18 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.8 | 95 | 59.1 | 49.1-68.4 |
| 65-74 | 148 | 46 | 34.3 | 25.5-44.3 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.2 | 98 | 63.5 | 53.6-72.5 |
| 75+ | 113 | 27 | 28.3 | 18.3-41.2 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.6-13.7 | 84 | 68.6 | 55.8-79.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 139 | 37 | 30.7 | 21.2-42.2 | 13 | 7.8 | 4.2-14.0 | 89 | 61.5 | 50.2-71.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 171 | 51 | 32.1 | 24.2-41.1 | 9 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.5 | 111 | 64.1 | 55.0-72.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 142 | 26 | 18.5 | 11.8-27.8 | 15 | 12.5 | 6.5-22.9 | 101 | 69.0 | 58.3-78.0 |
| College Graduate | 120 | 41 | 37.4 | 27.8-48.3 | 3 | 3.4 | 0.9-12.7 | 76 | 59.1 | 48.3-69.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 127 | 40 | 35.0 | 25.3-46.1 | 13 | 12.8 | 5.8-26.0 | 74 | 52.2 | 41.1-63.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 119 | 16 | 15.1 | 8.6-25.2 | 17 | 15.4 | 9.1-24.9 | 86 | 69.5 | 58.4-78.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 63 | 11 | 16.3 | 8.2-29.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.8 | 51 | 82.5 | 69.0-90.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 73 | 21 | 27.6 | 17.7-40.4 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.5-11.1 | 48 | 68.3 | 55.4-78.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 58 | 19 | 40.2 | 26.3-55.9 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.5 | 38 | 58.2 | 42.6-72.3 |
| $75,000+ | 43 | 11 | 29.9 | 16.1-48.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 32 | 70.1 | 51.3-83.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 408 | 118 | 31.4 | 25.8-37.5 | 39 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.0 | 251 | 58.4 | 52.1-64.4 |
| No | 158 | 36 | 24.2 | 17.2-33.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.8 | 121 | 75.4 | 66.6-82.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 108 | 27 | 21.6 | 14.2-31.4 | 7 | 7.1 | 3.2-15.0 | 74 | 71.3 | 60.8-80.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 464 | 128 | 31.4 | 26.2-37.2 | 33 | 7.0 | 4.5-11.0 | 303 | 61.5 | 55.7-67.1 |
Asked only of those who had at least one fall in past 3 months.
^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.
** 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.
***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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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