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| Total Respond.^ |
1 or more falls caused an injury | No injuries | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,829 | 637 | 34.6 | 31.8-37.4 | 1,192 | 65.4 | 62.6-68.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 604 | 231 | 39.2 | 34.5-44.2 | 373 | 60.8 | 55.8-65.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 218 | 74 | 34.3 | 27.1-42.2 | 144 | 65.7 | 57.8-72.9 |
| Female | 386 | 157 | 43.4 | 37.3-49.7 | 229 | 56.6 | 50.3-62.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 420 | 161 | 39.2 | 33.6-45.1 | 259 | 60.8 | 54.9-66.4 |
| African American | 141 | 60 | 41.8 | 32.4-51.8 | 81 | 58.2 | 48.2-67.6 |
| Other Minorities | 41 | 10 | 29.9 | 13.9-53.1 | 31 | 70.1 | 46.9-86.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 12 | 4 | 34.8 | 11.3-69.0 | 8 | 65.2 | 31.0-88.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 588 | 225 | 39.2 | 34.5-44.2 | 363 | 60.8 | 55.8-65.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 187 | 86 | 43.8 | 35.6-52.5 | 101 | 56.2 | 47.5-64.4 |
| 55-64 | 159 | 49 | 35.4 | 26.7-45.1 | 110 | 64.6 | 54.9-73.3 |
| 65-74 | 140 | 52 | 36.8 | 28.1-46.5 | 88 | 63.2 | 53.5-71.9 |
| 75+ | 118 | 44 | 35.2 | 26.2-45.5 | 74 | 64.8 | 54.5-73.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 137 | 54 | 38.3 | 28.8-48.8 | 83 | 61.7 | 51.2-71.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 194 | 75 | 36.8 | 28.8-45.6 | 119 | 63.2 | 54.4-71.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 152 | 66 | 45.0 | 35.6-54.8 | 86 | 55.0 | 45.2-64.4 |
| College Graduate | 119 | 36 | 37.1 | 27.0-48.5 | 83 | 62.9 | 51.5-73.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 140 | 55 | 40.2 | 30.4-50.9 | 85 | 59.8 | 49.1-69.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 117 | 57 | 44.6 | 33.8-56.0 | 60 | 55.4 | 44.0-66.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 72 | 28 | 36.9 | 24.7-51.1 | 44 | 63.1 | 48.9-75.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 78 | 27 | 42.1 | 29.1-56.3 | 51 | 57.9 | 43.7-70.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 46 | 16 | 37.7 | 22.5-55.7 | 30 | 62.3 | 44.3-77.5 |
| $75,000+ | 74 | 23 | 39.9 | 27.5-53.7 | 51 | 60.1 | 46.3-72.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 438 | 188 | 43.8 | 38.1-49.7 | 250 | 56.2 | 50.3-61.9 |
| No | 160 | 43 | 28.1 | 20.3-37.4 | 117 | 71.9 | 62.6-79.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 107 | 38 | 36.3 | 26.1-47.9 | 69 | 63.7 | 52.1-73.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 497 | 193 | 40.0 | 34.8-45.5 | 304 | 60.0 | 54.5-65.2 |
*This question was asked of those who reported having one or more falls in the past 3 months.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.
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