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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 AMERICAN FEMALES | 179 | 80 | 41.5 | 32.5-51.1 | 99 | 58.5 | 48.9-67.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 59 | 26 | 38.3 | 23.2-56.1 | 33 | 61.7 | 43.9-76.8 |
| 55-64 | 47 | 18 | 40.8 | 26.0-57.5 | 29 | 59.2 | 42.5-74.0 |
| 65-74 | 45 | 23 | 50.3 | 33.5-67.1 | 22 | 49.7 | 32.9-66.5 |
| 75+ | 28 | 13 | 39.7 | 21.7-61.0 | 15 | 60.3 | 39.0-78.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 54 | 25 | 42.4 | 27.4-59.0 | 29 | 57.6 | 41.0-72.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 58 | 22 | 34.5 | 22.2-49.3 | 36 | 65.5 | 50.7-77.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 42 | 26 | 55.6 | 33.0-76.1 | 16 | 44.4 | 23.9-67.0 |
| College Graduate | 24 | 7 | 29.1 | 10.9-57.9 | 17 | 70.9 | 42.1-89.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 64 | 28 | 48.2 | 34.1-62.6 | 36 | 51.8 | 37.4-65.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 47 | 22 | 38.2 | 22.1-57.3 | 25 | 61.8 | 42.7-77.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 20 | 10 | 43.0 | 19.6-70.1 | 10 | 57.0 | 29.9-80.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 11 | 5 | 35.1 | 9.8-73.0 | 6 | 64.9 | 27.0-90.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 4 | 3 | 80.2 | 28.6-97.6 | 1 | 19.8 | 2.4-71.4 |
| $75,000+ | 6 | 2 | 47.4 | 13.9-83.4 | 4 | 52.6 | 16.6-86.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 133 | 67 | 48.3 | 37.2-59.5 | 66 | 51.7 | 40.5-62.8 |
| No | 42 | 13 | 26.0 | 13.4-44.3 | 29 | 74.0 | 55.7-86.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 4 | 4 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Non-Veteran | 175 | 76 | 39.7 | 30.8-49.3 | 99 | 60.3 | 50.7-69.2 |
*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.
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