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| Total Respond.^ |
1 injury | 2 or more injuries | No injuries | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | 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 |
| -Western NC | 223 | 57 | 25.6 | 19.3-33.0 | 13 | 5.4 | 2.8-10.0 | 153 | 69.1 | 61.4-75.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 81 | 18 | 21.5 | 12.7-34.0 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.7 | 60 | 75.6 | 63.0-85.0 |
| Female | 142 | 39 | 29.0 | 21.0-38.5 | 10 | 7.5 | 3.7-14.4 | 93 | 63.5 | 53.9-72.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 211 | 53 | 24.9 | 18.6-32.4 | 11 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.0 | 147 | 71.0 | 63.4-77.6 |
| African American | 6 | 3 | 35.4 | 9.1-75.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 64.6 | 25.0-90.9 |
| Other Minorities | 6 | 1 | 34.5 | 5.4-83.1 | 2 | 40.5 | 9.0-82.4 | 3 | 25.0 | 4.4-70.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 25.7 | 2.8-80.5 | 2 | 74.3 | 19.5-97.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 220 | 57 | 25.9 | 19.6-33.4 | 12 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.7 | 151 | 69.0 | 61.3-75.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 45-54 | 51 | 11 | 23.9 | 12.6-40.5 | 3 | 5.6 | 1.7-17.2 | 37 | 70.5 | 54.0-82.9 |
| 55-64 | 76 | 15 | 20.1 | 11.4-33.2 | 7 | 9.7 | 4.2-20.9 | 54 | 70.1 | 56.6-80.9 |
| 65-74 | 44 | 14 | 38.1 | 22.7-56.2 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.8- 8.2 | 27 | 59.4 | 41.6-75.0 |
| 75+ | 52 | 17 | 26.4 | 15.4-41.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 35 | 73.6 | 58.4-84.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 41 | 9 | 23.1 | 10.9-42.6 | 4 | 7.7 | 2.5-21.6 | 28 | 69.2 | 50.0-83.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 60 | 15 | 25.4 | 14.7-40.2 | 4 | 6.6 | 2.1-19.4 | 41 | 68.0 | 53.0-80.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 57 | 16 | 28.2 | 16.7-43.5 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.8-14.6 | 39 | 68.2 | 52.8-80.4 |
| College Graduate | 64 | 16 | 22.3 | 12.5-36.6 | 3 | 4.4 | 1.2-14.8 | 45 | 73.3 | 58.8-84.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 50 | 7 | 9.8 | 4.3-20.7 | 8 | 14.0 | 6.0-29.4 | 35 | 76.2 | 60.9-86.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 41 | 12 | 22.4 | 11.5-39.1 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.7 | 28 | 75.7 | 58.8-87.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 31 | 8 | 27.7 | 12.3-51.1 | 2 | 10.1 | 2.5-33.0 | 21 | 62.2 | 40.0-80.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 26 | 6 | 29.1 | 12.8-53.2 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-17.1 | 19 | 68.3 | 44.7-85.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 24 | 10 | 43.6 | 24.1-65.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 56.4 | 34.7-75.9 |
| $75,000+ | 23 | 5 | 16.8 | 6.8-35.9 | 1 | 6.3 | 0.9-33.6 | 17 | 76.9 | 55.3-89.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 161 | 40 | 24.8 | 17.5-33.8 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.5-13.0 | 109 | 68.4 | 59.1-76.3 |
| No | 62 | 17 | 27.2 | 16.6-41.4 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.7 | 44 | 70.6 | 56.4-81.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 53 | 13 | 22.9 | 12.2-38.8 | 3 | 6.5 | 1.9-19.8 | 37 | 70.7 | 54.6-82.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 170 | 44 | 26.7 | 19.5-35.3 | 10 | 4.9 | 2.4-10.0 | 116 | 68.4 | 59.6-76.0 |
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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, 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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