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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Falls

How many of these falls caused an injury?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 injury 2 or more injuries No injuries
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,663 463 27.3 24.7-30.1 113 6.6 5.3- 8.2 1,087 66.1 63.2-68.9
GENDER
Male 563 136 23.0 19.0-27.5 33 6.7 4.4- 9.9 394 70.3 65.5-74.8
Female 1,100 327 30.6 27.4-34.1 80 6.5 5.1- 8.3 693 62.9 59.3-66.3
RACE
White 1,343 366 26.9 24.1-29.9 83 5.6 4.4- 7.2 894 67.5 64.4-70.5
African American 244 75 24.3 18.6-31.1 20 8.6 4.7-15.2 149 67.1 59.4-74.0
Asian 6 3 73.8 28.5-95.2 1 15.3 1.7-65.3 2 10.9 1.7-46.2
Native American 38 8 22.7 11.0-41.0 8 33.4 17.2-54.8 22 43.9 27.0-62.4
Other Minorities 24 9 50.3 27.4-73.1 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 14 48.4 25.9-71.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 24 8 36.7 16.3-63.4 2 4.5 1.0-18.1 14 58.7 33.0-80.5
-English Speaking 19 6 24.5 9.2-51.1 1 4.2 0.6-25.6 12 71.3 44.3-88.6
-Spanish Speaking 5 2 64.0 21.4-92.1 1 5.2 0.6-34.0 2 30.7 6.1-75.1
Non-Hispanic 1,633 452 26.9 24.4-29.7 111 6.7 5.3- 8.3 1,070 66.4 63.5-69.2
AGE
45-54 458 118 23.6 19.3-28.4 43 8.1 5.5-11.8 297 68.3 63.0-73.1
55-64 488 131 27.7 22.8-33.2 43 9.3 6.7-12.8 314 63.0 57.4-68.3
65-74 358 106 31.9 26.3-38.1 18 3.4 2.0- 5.5 234 64.7 58.5-70.5
75+ 346 105 29.8 24.2-36.1 8 3.0 1.2- 6.9 233 67.3 60.8-73.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 351 92 25.5 20.1-31.7 31 7.6 5.1-11.1 228 66.9 60.5-72.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 490 150 30.0 25.3-35.1 29 6.1 3.8- 9.6 311 63.9 58.6-68.9
Some Post-H.S. 411 107 25.1 20.3-30.5 35 8.0 5.3-12.0 269 66.9 61.0-72.3
College Graduate 406 111 27.2 22.0-33.0 18 5.0 2.9- 8.5 277 67.9 61.9-73.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 349 99 26.7 21.6-32.6 39 11.5 7.5-17.0 211 61.8 55.3-67.9
$15,000- 24,999 334 79 21.5 16.7-27.1 36 11.0 7.7-15.5 219 67.5 61.3-73.2
$25,000- 34,999 172 45 28.3 20.7-37.4 6 4.1 1.5-10.2 121 67.6 58.3-75.6
$35,000- 49,999 206 60 27.3 20.8-34.9 10 3.9 2.0- 7.3 136 68.8 61.1-75.7
$50,000-74,999 172 49 28.6 21.2-37.4 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 119 69.7 60.9-77.3
$75,000+ 181 51 28.8 21.2-37.8 4 2.8 1.0- 7.8 126 68.4 59.4-76.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,150 334 28.7 25.5-32.1 108 9.2 7.3-11.5 708 62.1 58.5-65.5
No 487 125 24.9 20.6-29.7 5 1.4 0.5- 3.8 357 73.7 68.8-78.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 319 83 23.9 18.9-29.8 21 7.2 4.3-11.7 215 68.9 62.6-74.6
Non-Veteran 1,342 380 28.4 25.4-31.5 92 6.4 5.0- 8.2 870 65.2 62.0-68.4

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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.

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