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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 425 39 8.6 6.0-12.0 15 2.9 1.6- 5.3 10 1.8 0.9- 3.6 5 0.6 0.2- 1.9 356 86.1 82.1-89.4
GENDER
Male 170 16 9.2 5.4-15.3 3 1.6 0.4- 6.3 6 2.2 0.9- 5.6 4 1.2 0.3- 4.1 141 85.8 79.0-90.6
Female 255 23 8.0 5.1-12.4 12 4.1 2.1- 7.8 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 215 86.5 81.2-90.4
RACE
White 396 36 8.1 5.6-11.5 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5 10 1.9 0.9- 3.8 5 0.6 0.2- 2.0 331 86.4 82.4-89.7
Other 29 3 20.6 5.7-52.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 25 79.0 47.1-94.0
AGE
45+ 424 39 8.6 6.0-12.1 15 2.9 1.6- 5.3 10 1.8 0.9- 3.6 5 0.6 0.2- 1.9 355 86.1 82.1-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 16 8.0 4.7-13.4 7 3.9 1.7- 8.7 7 2.7 1.2- 6.1 4 0.6 0.2- 2.3 168 84.8 78.3-89.6
Some College + 219 22 8.6 5.3-13.7 8 2.2 0.9- 5.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 185 87.5 82.0-91.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 269 25 10.2 6.6-15.3 7 1.8 0.6- 5.2 9 2.8 1.3- 5.8 5 1.0 0.3- 3.3 223 84.2 78.5-88.6
$50,000+ 95 5 3.9 1.4-10.4 7 6.9 3.2-14.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 83 89.1 80.9-94.1

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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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