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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 3,759 319 8.1 7.1- 9.2 131 3.4 2.8- 4.1 68 1.8 1.4- 2.4 50 1.2 0.8- 1.7 3,191 85.5 84.1-86.8
Female 6,587 683 9.8 9.0-10.7 234 3.4 2.9- 4.0 125 1.8 1.4- 2.2 63 0.9 0.6- 1.2 5,482 84.1 83.0-85.1
RACE
White 8,293 830 9.2 8.5- 9.9 282 3.4 3.0- 3.9 154 1.7 1.4- 2.1 83 0.8 0.6- 1.1 6,944 84.9 83.9-85.8
African American 1,617 134 8.0 6.4- 9.8 58 3.2 2.3- 4.3 31 2.3 1.5- 3.6 24 1.6 0.9- 2.7 1,370 85.0 82.6-87.0
Asian 38 4 17.2 4.9-45.7 2 3.9 0.7-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 32 78.9 52.8-92.6
Native American 179 12 6.4 3.3-12.1 18 9.5 5.5-15.9 6 4.5 1.7-11.3 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7 141 77.6 69.0-84.4
Other Minorities 181 16 9.5 5.4-16.1 5 1.7 0.6- 5.1 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 3 2.9 0.7-10.5 156 85.2 77.4-90.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 224 15 5.9 3.2-10.6 6 1.4 0.6- 3.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 2 1.9 0.4- 9.1 200 90.6 84.7-94.4
-English Speaking 154 11 5.3 2.7-10.2 5 2.2 0.8- 6.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 2 3.2 0.6-14.7 135 89.0 80.9-94.0
-Spanish Speaking 70 4 6.7 2.3-17.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 65 92.9 82.1-97.4
Non-Hispanic 10,095 985 9.1 8.5- 9.8 358 3.5 3.1- 3.9 190 1.9 1.6- 2.2 110 1.0 0.8- 1.2 8,452 84.6 83.7-85.4
AGE
45-54 3,047 250 7.3 6.3- 8.4 109 3.6 2.9- 4.5 62 1.8 1.3- 2.5 40 1.2 0.8- 1.8 2,586 86.1 84.6-87.5
55-64 3,070 297 9.2 8.0-10.5 107 3.3 2.6- 4.1 52 1.9 1.4- 2.7 36 1.0 0.6- 1.5 2,578 84.7 83.0-86.2
65-74 2,336 228 9.7 8.4-11.3 69 2.8 2.1- 3.7 39 1.6 1.1- 2.4 23 0.9 0.6- 1.5 1,977 85.0 83.1-86.6
75+ 1,778 221 12.1 10.4-14.0 76 4.0 3.1- 5.2 39 1.8 1.2- 2.5 12 0.9 0.4- 1.8 1,430 81.3 79.1-83.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,758 179 9.2 7.7-11.0 84 4.7 3.6- 6.0 55 2.4 1.8- 3.4 38 2.3 1.4- 3.6 1,402 81.4 79.0-83.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,234 286 8.1 7.0- 9.2 115 3.6 2.9- 4.5 55 1.8 1.3- 2.4 35 1.1 0.7- 1.7 2,743 85.4 83.9-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,439 240 9.5 8.2-11.0 101 4.0 3.1- 5.0 47 2.3 1.6- 3.3 27 0.9 0.6- 1.4 2,024 83.4 81.4-85.1
College Graduate 2,881 293 9.4 8.2-10.7 65 2.1 1.6- 2.8 35 1.1 0.8- 1.7 13 0.4 0.2- 0.7 2,475 87.0 85.5-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,336 152 11.2 9.3-13.4 101 7.5 6.0- 9.5 56 4.1 2.8- 5.8 42 3.1 2.2- 4.4 985 74.0 71.0-76.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,749 188 9.9 8.3-11.7 84 5.2 4.0- 6.8 36 1.8 1.3- 2.6 28 1.2 0.8- 1.8 1,413 81.9 79.6-84.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,260 117 9.4 7.6-11.6 28 2.3 1.4- 3.6 20 1.7 1.0- 2.9 9 0.9 0.4- 1.8 1,086 85.8 83.2-88.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,342 133 9.2 7.6-11.2 37 2.7 1.9- 3.8 27 2.8 1.8- 4.4 10 0.7 0.3- 1.5 1,135 84.6 82.1-86.8
$50,000-74,999 1,226 123 9.8 7.9-12.1 34 3.2 2.2- 4.7 10 0.8 0.4- 1.7 5 0.3 0.1- 0.6 1,054 85.9 83.3-88.1
$75,000+ 1,734 132 7.1 5.8- 8.6 29 1.7 1.1- 2.5 16 1.0 0.6- 1.8 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7 1,553 90.0 88.3-91.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,455 612 13.1 11.9-14.3 283 6.2 5.3- 7.1 158 3.5 2.9- 4.3 106 2.4 1.8- 3.0 3,296 74.9 73.3-76.5
No 5,671 372 6.3 5.5- 7.1 79 1.5 1.2- 2.0 30 0.5 0.3- 0.8 7 0.1 0.1- 0.3 5,183 91.6 90.7-92.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,853 180 9.6 8.1-11.3 77 4.1 3.1- 5.3 37 2.1 1.5- 3.1 28 1.3 0.8- 2.1 1,531 82.9 80.7-84.9
Non-Veteran 8,484 820 8.8 8.2- 9.6 288 3.2 2.8- 3.7 156 1.7 1.4- 2.1 85 1.0 0.7- 1.3 7,135 85.2 84.3-86.1

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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.

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