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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 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 243 | 98 | 32.6 | 25.6-40.5 | 145 | 67.4 | 59.5-74.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Males | 64 | 18 | 21.0 | 12.2-33.8 | 46 | 79.0 | 66.2-87.8 |
| Females | 179 | 80 | 41.5 | 32.5-51.1 | 99 | 58.5 | 48.9-67.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 100 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 236 | 97 | 33.4 | 26.1-41.5 | 139 | 66.6 | 58.5-73.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 89 | 34 | 29.4 | 19.0-42.5 | 55 | 70.6 | 57.5-81.0 |
| 55-64 | 63 | 24 | 30.6 | 18.0-46.8 | 39 | 69.4 | 53.2-82.0 |
| 65-74 | 55 | 26 | 44.0 | 28.9-60.3 | 29 | 56.0 | 39.7-71.1 |
| 75+ | 36 | 14 | 32.1 | 17.6-51.2 | 22 | 67.9 | 48.8-82.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 70 | 30 | 38.2 | 25.9-52.2 | 40 | 61.8 | 47.8-74.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 83 | 31 | 31.8 | 20.3-46.0 | 52 | 68.2 | 54.0-79.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 55 | 29 | 42.2 | 26.6-59.6 | 26 | 57.8 | 40.4-73.4 |
| College Graduate | 33 | 8 | 16.6 | 6.8-35.4 | 25 | 83.4 | 64.6-93.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 80 | 33 | 38.6 | 25.0-54.3 | 47 | 61.4 | 45.7-75.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 60 | 28 | 38.5 | 24.2-55.0 | 32 | 61.5 | 45.0-75.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 27 | 12 | 36.5 | 18.9-58.7 | 15 | 63.5 | 41.3-81.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 20 | 8 | 29.7 | 12.2-56.4 | 12 | 70.3 | 43.6-87.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 8 | 3 | 13.6 | 2.7-47.0 | 5 | 86.4 | 53.0-97.3 |
| $75,000+ | 10 | 2 | 18.8 | 4.4-54.0 | 8 | 81.2 | 46.0-95.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 180 | 83 | 38.9 | 29.6-49.0 | 97 | 61.1 | 51.0-70.4 |
| No | 57 | 15 | 18.0 | 9.8-30.6 | 42 | 82.0 | 69.4-90.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 27 | 9 | 22.1 | 9.7-42.8 | 18 | 77.9 | 57.2-90.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 216 | 89 | 35.3 | 27.6-43.9 | 127 | 64.7 | 56.1-72.4 |
*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.
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