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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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
-Wake County 382 26 5.8 3.7- 8.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 349 92.1 88.6-94.7
GENDER
Male 131 6 3.9 1.4-10.0 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 123 94.8 88.6-97.7
Female 251 20 7.2 4.5-11.4 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 226 90.2 85.1-93.6
RACE
White 313 21 5.1 3.2- 8.0 3 1.2 0.4- 3.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 287 92.7 89.0-95.3
Other 65 5 9.2 3.4-22.7 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 58 88.7 75.8-95.2
AGE
45+ 373 25 5.2 3.4- 7.9 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 342 92.9 89.6-95.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 86 6 6.0 2.6-13.5 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 78 91.6 83.3-95.9
Some College + 295 20 5.7 3.4- 9.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 270 92.3 88.0-95.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 146 13 7.5 4.1-13.5 4 3.4 1.2- 9.0 1 2.0 0.3-12.6 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 127 86.7 78.7-92.0
$50,000+ 175 13 6.5 3.5-11.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 161 93.0 87.7-96.1

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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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