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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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%)
North Carolina 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
-Northeast Partnership I 324 34 10.1 6.9-14.6 10 3.1 1.5- 6.1 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9 4 1.6 0.5- 4.6 272 83.7 78.4-87.9
GENDER
Male 119 7 5.8 2.7-12.0 3 2.5 0.7- 9.0 2 2.1 0.4-10.1 3 3.0 0.9- 9.6 104 86.5 77.9-92.1
Female 205 27 13.8 8.9-20.7 7 3.5 1.6- 7.8 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 168 81.2 74.0-86.8
RACE
White 163 16 9.2 5.4-15.2 5 3.6 1.3- 9.6 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2 138 85.0 77.9-90.2
Other 160 18 11.0 6.4-18.2 5 2.6 1.0- 6.8 2 2.0 0.4- 8.9 2 2.1 0.5- 8.3 133 82.3 74.1-88.4
AGE
45+ 319 34 10.2 7.0-14.7 9 2.9 1.4- 6.1 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 268 83.6 78.3-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 18 7.8 4.8-12.6 7 3.0 1.3- 6.7 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8 3 1.9 0.5- 6.7 169 86.3 80.4-90.7
Some College + 124 16 14.0 7.9-23.6 3 3.3 0.9-11.1 2 2.6 0.5-12.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.2 102 79.0 68.5-86.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 23 10.8 6.7-16.9 7 3.7 1.6- 8.3 3 2.1 0.6- 7.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4 177 81.6 74.4-87.1
$50,000+ 50 7 12.9 5.9-25.8 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.2 40 81.7 68.1-90.4

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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