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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 |
| -MALES | 649 | 200 | 27.9 | 23.9-32.3 | 449 | 72.1 | 67.7-76.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 556 | 169 | 28.0 | 23.7-32.7 | 387 | 72.0 | 67.3-76.3 |
| African American | 64 | 18 | 21.0 | 12.2-33.8 | 46 | 79.0 | 66.2-87.8 |
| Other Minorities | 28 | 13 | 55.8 | 34.7-75.0 | 15 | 44.2 | 25.0-65.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 195 | 70 | 29.4 | 22.6-37.3 | 125 | 70.6 | 62.7-77.4 |
| 55-64 | 203 | 63 | 29.2 | 22.2-37.4 | 140 | 70.8 | 62.6-77.8 |
| 65-74 | 126 | 38 | 30.8 | 22.1-41.1 | 88 | 69.2 | 58.9-77.9 |
| 75+ | 125 | 29 | 17.5 | 11.4-25.9 | 96 | 82.5 | 74.1-88.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 139 | 43 | 32.3 | 23.5-42.6 | 96 | 67.7 | 57.4-76.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 202 | 71 | 28.9 | 22.0-36.9 | 131 | 71.1 | 63.1-78.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 145 | 47 | 30.2 | 21.9-40.1 | 98 | 69.8 | 59.9-78.1 |
| College Graduate | 162 | 39 | 22.0 | 15.4-30.5 | 123 | 78.0 | 69.5-84.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 108 | 39 | 31.9 | 21.9-43.8 | 69 | 68.1 | 56.2-78.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 132 | 55 | 38.3 | 28.7-49.0 | 77 | 61.7 | 51.0-71.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 85 | 26 | 30.7 | 20.7-42.8 | 59 | 69.3 | 57.2-79.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 98 | 26 | 20.1 | 12.4-30.8 | 72 | 79.9 | 69.2-87.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 61 | 17 | 24.0 | 13.5-38.8 | 44 | 76.0 | 61.2-86.5 |
| $75,000+ | 109 | 21 | 22.7 | 14.6-33.4 | 88 | 77.3 | 66.6-85.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 464 | 168 | 34.5 | 29.2-40.1 | 296 | 65.5 | 59.9-70.8 |
| No | 175 | 31 | 15.3 | 10.0-22.7 | 144 | 84.7 | 77.3-90.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 282 | 88 | 28.7 | 22.6-35.6 | 194 | 71.3 | 64.4-77.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 367 | 112 | 27.4 | 22.3-33.2 | 255 | 72.6 | 66.8-77.7 |
*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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