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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 490 53 9.8 7.1-13.4 10 1.5 0.8- 2.9 12 3.0 1.6- 5.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 412 85.0 80.9-88.3
GENDER
Male 161 17 9.8 5.3-17.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 3 2.4 0.7- 7.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 138 86.0 78.2-91.4
Female 329 36 9.9 7.0-13.8 8 1.8 0.9- 3.8 9 3.5 1.7- 7.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 274 84.2 79.4-88.0
RACE
White 373 41 8.9 6.4-12.2 8 1.8 0.9- 3.8 8 2.7 1.2- 5.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 315 86.1 82.0-89.5
Other 115 12 12.6 6.2-23.7 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 4 4.1 1.4-11.3 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 95 81.6 70.6-89.1
AGE
45+ 483 53 9.9 7.2-13.6 10 1.5 0.8- 2.9 12 3.1 1.7- 5.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 406 84.9 80.8-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 20 12.5 7.9-19.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 5 4.9 1.9-12.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 102 81.0 72.7-87.2
Some College + 358 33 8.9 5.8-13.5 9 1.8 0.9- 3.5 7 2.4 1.1- 5.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7 307 86.3 81.4-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 28 11.8 8.0-17.2 5 1.6 0.6- 4.3 3 2.1 0.6- 7.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 164 83.6 77.4-88.3
$50,000+ 214 19 8.9 5.0-15.5 3 1.2 0.4- 3.6 6 3.2 1.3- 7.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 185 86.0 79.1-90.9

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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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