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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Falls-FEMALES

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 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 5,216 565 10.2 9.2-11.2 173 3.4 2.8- 4.1 100 1.8 1.4- 2.3 45 0.7 0.5- 1.0 4,333 83.9 82.7-85.1
African American 1,128 99 8.8 6.9-11.0 46 3.6 2.6- 5.0 19 1.7 1.0- 2.8 15 1.4 0.7- 2.8 949 84.5 81.8-86.9
Asian 22 2 7.2 1.7-25.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 19 91.1 73.7-97.4
Native American 112 7 5.5 2.4-11.9 11 9.0 4.6-17.1 4 3.7 1.3- 9.9 2 4.3 1.1-15.7 88 77.5 66.9-85.5
Other Minorities 89 6 6.9 2.6-16.9 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 79 89.8 79.4-95.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 131 7 3.0 1.3- 6.7 5 2.6 0.9- 7.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 0 0.0 . - . 118 94.0 89.0-96.9
-English Speaking 101 7 4.4 1.9- 9.6 4 3.3 1.0-10.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 0 0.0 . - . 89 91.9 84.8-95.8
-Spanish Speaking 30 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.1 0.1- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 29 98.9 92.5-99.9
Non-Hispanic 6,439 675 10.0 9.2-10.9 229 3.5 3.0- 4.1 123 1.8 1.5- 2.3 62 0.8 0.6- 1.1 5,350 83.9 82.8-84.9
AGE
45-54 1,918 176 8.5 7.2-10.0 71 3.8 2.8- 5.0 43 2.0 1.4- 3.0 20 0.8 0.5- 1.3 1,608 84.9 82.9-86.7
55-64 1,915 199 9.4 8.0-11.0 69 3.4 2.6- 4.5 30 1.9 1.2- 2.9 24 1.2 0.7- 1.9 1,593 84.1 82.1-86.0
65-74 1,459 152 10.6 8.8-12.8 44 2.7 1.9- 3.8 23 1.0 0.6- 1.6 11 0.7 0.3- 1.4 1,229 84.9 82.6-87.0
75+ 1,203 152 12.5 10.5-15.0 47 3.6 2.6- 5.0 29 2.1 1.4- 3.2 6 0.7 0.2- 2.3 969 81.0 78.2-83.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,120 124 10.4 8.5-12.7 59 5.2 3.9- 7.0 36 2.5 1.7- 3.5 20 1.6 0.8- 3.1 881 80.3 77.4-83.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,145 198 8.8 7.5-10.4 73 3.3 2.5- 4.3 34 1.5 1.0- 2.2 23 1.2 0.7- 1.8 1,817 85.2 83.4-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,623 163 9.3 7.7-11.0 57 3.3 2.4- 4.5 36 2.4 1.6- 3.8 12 0.6 0.3- 1.1 1,355 84.4 82.2-86.5
College Graduate 1,675 195 11.1 9.4-12.9 45 2.8 2.0- 3.9 19 1.1 0.7- 2.0 8 0.4 0.2- 0.8 1,408 84.6 82.5-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 974 114 12.1 9.8-14.9 76 7.9 6.0-10.3 40 3.5 2.4- 5.2 24 2.3 1.4- 3.8 720 74.2 70.6-77.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,212 141 10.7 8.8-12.9 48 3.8 2.7- 5.4 29 2.3 1.6- 3.5 18 1.3 0.8- 2.2 976 81.9 79.2-84.3
$25,000- 34,999 774 82 10.3 8.0-13.2 13 1.3 0.7- 2.4 11 1.5 0.7- 2.9 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 664 86.3 83.2-89.0
$35,000- 49,999 787 77 9.6 7.4-12.2 14 2.1 1.2- 3.9 11 1.8 0.8- 4.1 7 0.7 0.3- 1.5 678 85.8 82.5-88.5
$50,000-74,999 705 73 9.2 7.0-11.9 23 3.9 2.4- 6.2 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 601 85.9 82.6-88.6
$75,000+ 891 81 9.1 7.1-11.5 21 2.8 1.7- 4.4 9 1.3 0.6- 2.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 779 86.8 83.9-89.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,861 413 13.8 12.4-15.4 182 6.0 5.1- 7.2 106 3.7 2.9- 4.6 59 2.0 1.4- 2.7 2,101 74.5 72.5-76.4
No 3,593 256 7.0 6.0- 8.0 50 1.6 1.2- 2.3 17 0.5 0.3- 0.8 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3 3,266 90.8 89.6-91.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 101 11 8.6 4.3-16.8 7 8.8 3.7-19.6 3 2.1 0.6- 6.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 79 79.6 68.6-87.4
Non-Veteran 6,482 671 9.8 9.0-10.7 227 3.4 2.9- 3.9 122 1.8 1.4- 2.2 62 0.9 0.6- 1.2 5,400 84.2 83.1-85.2

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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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