BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (How many of these falls caused an injury?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	1 injury	2 or more injuries	No injuries
North Carolina	1,663	463	27.3	24.7-30.1	113	6.6	5.3- 8.2	1,087	66.1	63.2-68.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	52	15	26.2	15.8-40.2	5	10.9	4.5-24.0	32	62.9	48.2-75.5
Buncombe	55	13	23.5	13.7-37.2	3	6.9	2.1-20.1	39	69.6	55.2-81.0
Cabarrus	34	12	20.2	10.5-35.1	1	1.4	0.2- 9.3	21	78.5	63.3-88.5
Catawba	41	13	28.5	16.2-45.0	2	2.5	0.6- 9.7	26	69.0	52.4-81.9
Cumberland	39	8	22.0	10.4-40.7	4	11.9	3.9-30.8	27	66.1	46.9-81.1
Davidson	44	15	24.2	13.5-39.5	3	5.5	1.6-17.0	26	70.3	54.3-82.6
Durham	41	13	27.6	14.8-45.6	4	16.6	4.8-44.2	24	55.7	36.4-73.5
Forsyth	43	13	29.8	17.1-46.7	1	1.9	0.3-12.2	29	68.3	51.4-81.5
Gaston	49	14	25.9	14.0-42.9	3	5.4	1.6-16.5	32	68.7	51.7-81.8
Guilford	45	11	18.5	9.8-32.2	4	9.2	3.1-24.3	30	72.3	56.7-83.8
Iredell	37	12	25.4	13.2-43.3	2	6.4	1.2-27.9	23	68.2	49.4-82.5
Johnston	46	13	27.3	11.0-53.2	2	5.4	1.1-22.2	31	67.4	42.5-85.2
Mecklenburg	78	28	33.8	22.0-48.0	4	4.0	1.2-12.2	46	62.2	48.3-74.4
New Hanover	52	11	23.7	13.0-39.2	2	2.1	0.5- 8.0	39	74.3	59.0-85.3
Onslow	40	8	16.9	7.8-32.9	4	8.8	2.9-23.3	28	74.3	57.3-86.1
Orange	32	12	31.8	17.1-51.2	1	2.9	0.4-18.4	19	65.3	45.7-80.8
Pitt	30	12	36.6	20.6-56.2	1	2.8	0.4-17.6	17	60.6	41.1-77.2
Randolph	37	13	36.8	20.9-56.3	3	10.8	2.8-34.0	21	52.3	34.0-70.1
Robeson	46	9	23.6	12.1-41.2	4	9.7	3.4-24.7	33	66.6	49.4-80.4
Rowan	49	13	27.7	15.6-44.3	3	5.9	1.6-19.4	33	66.4	50.0-79.7
Union	27	4	18.3	6.2-43.1	2	4.9	1.1-19.8	21	76.8	53.3-90.6
Wake	31	8	22.4	10.7-41.0	1	1.9	0.3-12.6	22	75.7	57.1-88.0
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	48	17	37.7	23.7-54.1	2	2.1	0.5- 8.4	29	60.2	44.0-74.4
Northeast Partnership II***	64	15	22.4	13.3-35.1	9	14.0	6.7-27.0	40	63.6	49.7-75.6
Northeast Partnership I***	52	10	18.2	9.1-33.0	2	3.5	0.8-14.6	40	78.3	63.3-88.3
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	52	13	28.5	15.6-46.2	4	6.2	2.1-16.4	35	65.4	48.3-79.2
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	52	16	31.3	18.5-47.9	4	9.7	2.9-28.3	32	58.9	42.3-73.7
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	55	21	41.4	27.9-56.3	3	4.8	1.4-14.5	31	53.9	39.3-67.8
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	42	4	9.1	2.9-25.0	4	10.9	3.9-27.0	34	79.9	62.6-90.4
Chatham/Lee/Moore	55	14	30.0	17.2-46.9	5	8.7	3.4-20.5	36	61.4	45.2-75.4
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	59	17	27.1	16.3-41.4	6	13.3	5.5-29.1	36	59.6	44.8-72.8
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	52	12	23.6	13.3-38.2	3	3.5	1.1-10.5	37	73.0	58.4-83.9
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	64	16	19.6	11.7-31.1	2	1.7	0.4- 6.9	46	78.6	67.1-86.9
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	51	18	36.7	23.1-52.7	8	14.8	7.1-28.6	25	48.5	33.8-63.5
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	69	20	30.9	19.6-45.0	2	1.2	0.2- 5.9	47	67.9	53.8-79.3
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	132	27	19.9	13.4-28.5	12	9.0	4.7-16.6	93	71.0	61.6-79.0
No	1,531	436	27.9	25.2-30.8	101	6.4	5.0- 8.1	994	65.7	62.7-68.6
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	572	155	29.2	24.7-34.1	40	7.1	4.7-10.4	377	63.8	58.6-68.6
Piedmont	868	251	26.8	23.3-30.6	60	6.7	4.9- 9.1	557	66.5	62.5-70.3
Western NC	223	57	25.6	19.3-33.0	13	5.4	2.8-10.0	153	69.1	61.4-75.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	124	33	28.2	19.9-38.5	5	3.3	1.2- 8.4	86	68.5	58.2-77.2
Northwest	343	98	25.6	20.5-31.5	21	5.8	3.4- 9.6	224	68.6	62.4-74.2
Charlotte	234	73	29.8	22.8-37.9	18	6.9	4.0-11.4	143	63.3	55.3-70.7
Greensboro	218	63	25.5	19.5-32.7	16	8.0	4.5-13.9	139	66.4	58.6-73.4
Southern Regional	169	46	32.8	24.2-42.7	14	11.0	5.5-20.7	109	56.3	46.4-65.7
Coastal	102	29	30.4	20.9-41.8	3	1.5	0.4- 4.7	70	68.2	56.8-77.7
Wake	184	42	20.4	14.0-28.8	13	7.9	3.9-15.4	129	71.6	62.4-79.3
Area L	75	17	23.4	13.7-37.1	7	10.0	4.4-21.5	51	66.5	52.6-78.0
Eastern	214	62	30.4	23.4-38.3	16	5.7	3.3- 9.7	136	63.9	55.9-71.2

Total
Respond.^

1 injury

2 or more injuries

No injuries

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,663

463

27.3

24.7-30.1

113

6.6

5.3- 8.2

1,087

66.1

63.2-68.9

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

26.2

15.8-40.2

10.9

4.5-24.0

62.9

48.2-75.5

Buncombe

23.5

13.7-37.2

6.9

2.1-20.1

69.6

55.2-81.0

Cabarrus

20.2

10.5-35.1

1.4

0.2- 9.3

78.5

63.3-88.5

Catawba

28.5

16.2-45.0

2.5

0.6- 9.7

69.0

52.4-81.9

Cumberland

22.0

10.4-40.7

11.9

3.9-30.8

66.1

46.9-81.1

Davidson

24.2

13.5-39.5

5.5

1.6-17.0

70.3

54.3-82.6

Durham

27.6

14.8-45.6

16.6

4.8-44.2

55.7

36.4-73.5

Forsyth

29.8

17.1-46.7

1.9

0.3-12.2

68.3

51.4-81.5

Gaston

25.9

14.0-42.9

5.4

1.6-16.5

68.7

51.7-81.8

Guilford

18.5

9.8-32.2

9.2

3.1-24.3

72.3

56.7-83.8

Iredell

25.4

13.2-43.3

6.4

1.2-27.9

68.2

49.4-82.5

Johnston

27.3

11.0-53.2

5.4

1.1-22.2

67.4

42.5-85.2

Mecklenburg

33.8

22.0-48.0

4.0

1.2-12.2

62.2

48.3-74.4

New Hanover

23.7

13.0-39.2

2.1

0.5- 8.0

74.3

59.0-85.3

Onslow

16.9

7.8-32.9

8.8

2.9-23.3

74.3

57.3-86.1

Orange

31.8

17.1-51.2

2.9

0.4-18.4

65.3

45.7-80.8

Pitt

36.6

20.6-56.2

2.8

0.4-17.6

60.6

41.1-77.2

Randolph

36.8

20.9-56.3

10.8

2.8-34.0

52.3

34.0-70.1

Robeson

23.6

12.1-41.2

9.7

3.4-24.7

66.6

49.4-80.4

Rowan

27.7

15.6-44.3

5.9

1.6-19.4

66.4

50.0-79.7

Union

18.3

6.2-43.1

4.9

1.1-19.8

76.8

53.3-90.6

Wake

22.4

10.7-41.0

1.9

0.3-12.6

75.7

57.1-88.0

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

37.7

23.7-54.1

2.1

0.5- 8.4

60.2

44.0-74.4

Northeast Partnership II***

22.4

13.3-35.1

14.0

6.7-27.0

63.6

49.7-75.6

Northeast Partnership I***

18.2

9.1-33.0

3.5

0.8-14.6

78.3

63.3-88.3

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

28.5

15.6-46.2

6.2

2.1-16.4

65.4

48.3-79.2

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

31.3

18.5-47.9

9.7

2.9-28.3

58.9

42.3-73.7

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

41.4

27.9-56.3

4.8

1.4-14.5

53.9

39.3-67.8

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

9.1

2.9-25.0

10.9

3.9-27.0

79.9

62.6-90.4

Chatham/Lee/Moore

30.0

17.2-46.9

8.7

3.4-20.5

61.4

45.2-75.4

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

27.1

16.3-41.4

13.3

5.5-29.1

59.6

44.8-72.8

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

23.6

13.3-38.2

3.5

1.1-10.5

73.0

58.4-83.9

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

19.6

11.7-31.1

1.7

0.4- 6.9

78.6

67.1-86.9

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

36.7

23.1-52.7

14.8

7.1-28.6

48.5

33.8-63.5

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

30.9

19.6-45.0

1.2

0.2- 5.9

67.9

53.8-79.3

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

132

19.9

13.4-28.5

9.0

4.7-16.6

71.0

61.6-79.0

1,531

436

27.9

25.2-30.8

101

6.4

5.0- 8.1

994

65.7

62.7-68.6

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

572

155

29.2

24.7-34.1

7.1

4.7-10.4

377

63.8

58.6-68.6

Piedmont

868

251

26.8

23.3-30.6

6.7

4.9- 9.1

557

66.5

62.5-70.3

Western NC

223

25.6

19.3-33.0

5.4

2.8-10.0

153

69.1

61.4-75.8

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

124

28.2

19.9-38.5

3.3

1.2- 8.4

68.5

58.2-77.2

Northwest

343

25.6

20.5-31.5

5.8

3.4- 9.6

224

68.6

62.4-74.2

Charlotte

234

29.8

22.8-37.9

6.9

4.0-11.4

143

63.3

55.3-70.7

Greensboro

218

25.5

19.5-32.7

8.0

4.5-13.9

139

66.4

58.6-73.4

Southern Regional

169

32.8

24.2-42.7

11.0

5.5-20.7

109

56.3

46.4-65.7

Coastal

102

30.4

20.9-41.8

1.5

0.4- 4.7

68.2

56.8-77.7

Wake

184

20.4

14.0-28.8

7.9

3.9-15.4

129

71.6

62.4-79.3

Area L

23.4

13.7-37.1

10.0

4.4-21.5

66.5

52.6-78.0

Eastern

214

30.4

23.4-38.3

5.7

3.3- 9.7

136

63.9

55.9-71.2

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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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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