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1 fall | 2 or more falls | No falls | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 11,154 | 1,077 | 9.4 | 8.7-10.2 | 755 | 6.3 | 5.7- 6.9 | 9,322 | 84.3 | 83.4-85.2 |
-FEMALES | 6,969 | 750 | 10.8 | 9.8-11.8 | 432 | 5.8 | 5.1- 6.5 | 5,787 | 83.5 | 82.3-84.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 5,605 | 623 | 11.6 | 10.5-12.7 | 330 | 5.6 | 4.9- 6.4 | 4,652 | 82.8 | 81.5-84.1 |
African American | 1,100 | 99 | 7.4 | 5.6- 9.8 | 80 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.8 | 921 | 85.8 | 82.9-88.2 |
Other Minorities | 244 | 23 | 9.6 | 5.4-16.5 | 22 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | 199 | 86.0 | 79.2-90.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
45-54 | 1,865 | 217 | 12.0 | 10.2-14.1 | 128 | 5.3 | 4.3- 6.5 | 1,520 | 82.7 | 80.4-84.7 |
55-64 | 2,001 | 199 | 9.7 | 8.1-11.5 | 128 | 6.1 | 4.9- 7.5 | 1,674 | 84.2 | 82.1-86.2 |
65-74 | 1,727 | 167 | 8.8 | 7.4-10.5 | 90 | 5.5 | 4.3- 7.0 | 1,470 | 85.7 | 83.6-87.6 |
75+ | 1,376 | 167 | 12.0 | 9.9-14.4 | 86 | 6.5 | 4.9- 8.5 | 1,123 | 81.5 | 78.6-84.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,078 | 104 | 9.9 | 7.6-12.8 | 111 | 10.2 | 8.1-12.9 | 863 | 79.9 | 76.4-83.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,209 | 214 | 9.3 | 7.9-10.9 | 138 | 5.7 | 4.7- 7.0 | 1,857 | 85.0 | 83.0-86.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,901 | 221 | 11.9 | 10.1-13.9 | 105 | 5.5 | 4.4- 6.9 | 1,575 | 82.6 | 80.3-84.7 |
College Graduate | 1,764 | 210 | 11.8 | 9.9-14.1 | 76 | 3.7 | 2.8- 4.8 | 1,478 | 84.5 | 82.1-86.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 975 | 122 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.6 | 117 | 13.2 | 10.5-16.4 | 736 | 75.7 | 72.0-79.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,208 | 140 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.6 | 87 | 7.8 | 6.1- 9.9 | 981 | 81.2 | 78.2-84.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 731 | 79 | 10.4 | 8.0-13.6 | 43 | 6.6 | 4.4- 9.7 | 609 | 83.0 | 79.1-86.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 886 | 85 | 9.8 | 7.3-13.0 | 44 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.1 | 757 | 85.2 | 81.7-88.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 828 | 88 | 11.4 | 9.0-14.4 | 26 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.1 | 714 | 85.9 | 82.8-88.6 |
$75,000+ | 1,085 | 100 | 9.6 | 7.6-12.2 | 30 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.3 | 955 | 88.2 | 85.5-90.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 3,073 | 426 | 14.0 | 12.4-15.7 | 347 | 11.2 | 9.9-12.7 | 2,300 | 74.8 | 72.8-76.8 |
No | 3,768 | 320 | 8.6 | 7.5- 9.9 | 82 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.4 | 3,366 | 89.5 | 88.1-90.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 122 | 13 | 10.7 | 5.1-21.4 | 9 | 6.2 | 3.0-12.5 | 100 | 83.0 | 72.5-90.1 |
Non-Veteran | 6,847 | 737 | 10.8 | 9.8-11.8 | 423 | 5.8 | 5.1- 6.5 | 5,687 | 83.5 | 82.3-84.6 |
^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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