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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Falls-WHITES

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 1,343 366 26.9 24.1-29.9 83 5.6 4.4- 7.2 894 67.5 64.4-70.5
GENDER
Male 463 104 21.0 17.0-25.6 24 5.2 3.3- 8.0 335 73.9 68.9-78.2
Female 880 262 31.1 27.5-35.1 59 5.9 4.4- 7.9 559 63.0 59.0-66.8
AGE
45-54 354 87 23.0 18.2-28.5 30 6.6 4.4- 9.9 237 70.4 64.6-75.6
55-64 387 99 25.8 20.9-31.4 29 7.8 5.2-11.5 259 66.4 60.5-71.7
65-74 291 86 32.5 26.3-39.5 16 3.5 2.1- 6.0 189 63.9 57.0-70.4
75+ 307 93 29.7 23.9-36.3 7 2.6 1.0- 6.7 207 67.7 60.9-73.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 245 59 24.2 18.2-31.3 23 8.9 5.7-13.7 163 66.9 59.5-73.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 391 118 29.4 24.2-35.1 21 4.4 2.7- 7.2 252 66.2 60.4-71.6
Some Post-H.S. 342 90 26.4 21.1-32.6 23 5.2 3.3- 8.0 229 68.4 62.1-74.1
College Graduate 362 97 25.5 20.6-31.0 16 5.5 3.1- 9.5 249 69.1 63.2-74.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 250 67 25.7 19.8-32.7 27 10.9 6.9-16.8 156 63.3 55.9-70.2
$15,000- 24,999 251 60 21.6 16.2-28.3 27 10.5 7.0-15.5 164 67.8 60.6-74.3
$25,000- 34,999 147 38 29.1 20.7-39.2 4 1.8 0.6- 5.1 105 69.1 59.0-77.6
$35,000- 49,999 177 49 25.6 19.0-33.5 8 3.7 1.7- 7.6 120 70.8 62.6-77.7
$50,000-74,999 149 41 29.6 21.6-39.1 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3 105 69.0 59.5-77.2
$75,000+ 169 48 27.4 20.4-35.7 4 3.1 1.1- 8.7 117 69.5 60.9-76.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 905 255 27.6 24.2-31.3 78 7.8 6.0-10.0 572 64.6 60.7-68.2
No 415 107 25.7 21.0-31.1 5 1.7 0.6- 4.6 303 72.6 67.2-77.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 285 72 24.0 18.7-30.3 16 5.0 2.9- 8.3 197 71.0 64.5-76.7
Non-Veteran 1,056 294 27.9 24.7-31.3 67 5.8 4.4- 7.7 695 66.3 62.8-69.7

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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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