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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 |
| -FEMALES | 1,180 | 437 | 39.6 | 35.9-43.4 | 743 | 60.4 | 56.6-64.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 951 | 343 | 40.3 | 36.2-44.5 | 608 | 59.7 | 55.5-63.8 |
| African American | 179 | 80 | 41.5 | 32.5-51.1 | 99 | 58.5 | 48.9-67.5 |
| Other Minorities | 45 | 13 | 15.9 | 8.1-29.1 | 32 | 84.1 | 70.9-91.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 345 | 148 | 41.8 | 35.3-48.7 | 197 | 58.2 | 51.3-64.7 |
| 55-64 | 327 | 110 | 37.4 | 30.7-44.6 | 217 | 62.6 | 55.4-69.3 |
| 65-74 | 257 | 87 | 38.8 | 31.6-46.5 | 170 | 61.2 | 53.5-68.4 |
| 75+ | 251 | 92 | 39.1 | 31.4-47.4 | 159 | 60.9 | 52.6-68.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 214 | 85 | 44.3 | 35.2-53.8 | 129 | 55.7 | 46.2-64.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 351 | 124 | 38.1 | 31.8-44.8 | 227 | 61.9 | 55.2-68.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 326 | 136 | 42.1 | 35.4-49.1 | 190 | 57.9 | 50.9-64.6 |
| College Graduate | 286 | 91 | 35.2 | 28.0-43.1 | 195 | 64.8 | 56.9-72.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 239 | 98 | 46.9 | 38.8-55.1 | 141 | 53.1 | 44.9-61.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 227 | 89 | 38.2 | 30.6-46.3 | 138 | 61.8 | 53.7-69.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 122 | 46 | 39.4 | 28.7-51.2 | 76 | 60.6 | 48.8-71.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 129 | 44 | 38.7 | 27.9-50.9 | 85 | 61.3 | 49.1-72.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 114 | 44 | 40.4 | 30.2-51.5 | 70 | 59.6 | 48.5-69.8 |
| $75,000+ | 130 | 40 | 39.2 | 28.7-50.9 | 90 | 60.8 | 49.1-71.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 771 | 330 | 45.0 | 40.4-49.6 | 441 | 55.0 | 50.4-59.6 |
| No | 402 | 107 | 30.9 | 25.0-37.5 | 295 | 69.1 | 62.5-75.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 22 | 8 | 42.7 | 20.0-68.9 | 14 | 57.3 | 31.1-80.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,158 | 429 | 39.5 | 35.9-43.3 | 729 | 60.5 | 56.7-64.1 |
*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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