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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 676 76 9.8 7.6-12.6 25 3.4 2.1- 5.3 13 1.6 0.9- 3.0 10 0.8 0.4- 1.7 552 84.4 81.1-87.2
GENDER
Male 259 27 9.6 6.3-14.3 5 2.0 0.7- 5.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.6 5 1.0 0.3- 3.1 215 85.4 80.0-89.5
Female 417 49 10.0 7.3-13.5 20 4.6 2.8- 7.5 6 1.3 0.5- 3.1 5 0.6 0.2- 1.7 337 83.5 79.3-87.0
RACE
White 632 73 9.7 7.5-12.5 21 3.3 2.0- 5.3 13 1.7 0.9- 3.1 9 0.8 0.3- 1.8 516 84.5 81.2-87.3
Other 42 3 12.6 3.4-37.1 4 5.7 1.8-16.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.1 0.1- 7.5 34 80.7 59.4-92.2
AGE
45+ 675 76 9.8 7.6-12.6 25 3.4 2.1- 5.3 13 1.6 0.9- 3.0 10 0.8 0.4- 1.7 551 84.3 81.1-87.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 303 26 8.3 5.4-12.5 12 3.9 2.0- 7.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.6 6 0.9 0.3- 2.5 252 84.9 79.7-88.9
Some College + 369 49 10.8 7.8-14.7 13 3.0 1.6- 5.6 6 1.3 0.5- 3.3 4 0.7 0.2- 2.4 297 84.2 79.7-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 400 46 11.4 8.3-15.6 12 2.3 1.1- 4.7 10 2.2 1.1- 4.5 10 1.4 0.6- 3.1 322 82.7 78.0-86.6
$50,000+ 173 16 6.4 3.7-10.9 11 7.0 3.8-12.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 0 0.0 . - . 144 85.7 79.4-90.3

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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