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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 374 36 9.0 6.3-12.7 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7 9 1.4 0.7- 2.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 309 82.5 77.7-86.5
GENDER
Male 130 10 6.1 3.2-11.4 11 10.2 5.5-18.1 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 2 1.6 0.3- 7.3 104 81.0 72.5-87.3
Female 244 26 11.3 7.4-16.9 5 2.2 0.7- 6.5 6 1.7 0.7- 3.8 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8 205 83.8 77.7-88.5
RACE
White 262 24 8.6 5.7-12.9 13 7.2 4.1-12.5 9 2.1 1.1- 4.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 213 81.0 75.1-85.7
Other 110 11 8.9 4.4-17.1 3 2.9 0.7-11.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-10.9 95 86.6 76.9-92.6
AGE
45+ 371 36 9.0 6.3-12.7 16 5.8 3.4- 9.8 9 1.4 0.7- 2.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 306 82.5 77.6-86.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 23 9.6 6.1-14.8 9 5.8 2.8-11.6 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6 180 81.5 74.7-86.7
Some College + 153 13 8.0 4.5-13.9 7 5.8 2.6-12.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 129 84.2 76.8-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 22 10.2 6.5-15.6 14 8.5 4.8-14.8 7 2.1 1.0- 4.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 166 78.4 71.3-84.2
$50,000+ 95 5 4.8 1.9-11.5 1 1.8 0.2-11.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 87 92.0 84.1-96.2

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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.


*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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