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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 | 1,483 | 466 | 30.3 | 27.1-33.6 | 1,017 | 69.7 | 66.4-72.9 |
| -Eastern NC | 362 | 123 | 30.1 | 23.6-37.4 | 239 | 69.9 | 62.6-76.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 110 | 31 | 23.0 | 14.3-34.8 | 79 | 77.0 | 65.2-85.7 |
| Female | 252 | 92 | 35.5 | 27.1-44.8 | 160 | 64.5 | 55.2-72.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 255 | 84 | 30.6 | 22.8-39.6 | 171 | 69.4 | 60.4-77.2 |
| African American | 78 | 25 | 21.6 | 12.4-35.0 | 53 | 78.4 | 65.0-87.6 |
| Other Minorities | 28 | 14 | 59.5 | 36.3-79.1 | 14 | 40.5 | 20.9-63.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 3 | 48.9 | 12.3-86.8 | 5 | 51.1 | 13.2-87.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 352 | 118 | 28.5 | 22.2-35.7 | 234 | 71.5 | 64.3-77.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 95 | 37 | 36.9 | 24.5-51.4 | 58 | 63.1 | 48.6-75.5 |
| 55-64 | 123 | 41 | 25.9 | 17.1-37.3 | 82 | 74.1 | 62.7-82.9 |
| 65+ | 144 | 45 | 26.1 | 17.0-37.9 | 99 | 73.9 | 62.1-83.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 62 | 20 | 41.9 | 25.3-60.6 | 42 | 58.1 | 39.4-74.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 119 | 41 | 27.1 | 17.0-40.2 | 78 | 72.9 | 59.8-83.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 109 | 42 | 31.8 | 20.9-45.0 | 67 | 68.2 | 55.0-79.1 |
| College Graduate | 72 | 20 | 19.4 | 10.9-32.3 | 52 | 80.6 | 67.7-89.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 73 | 38 | 55.4 | 37.3-72.2 | 35 | 44.6 | 27.8-62.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 74 | 30 | 39.2 | 24.3-56.6 | 44 | 60.8 | 43.4-75.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 33 | 14 | 29.2 | 12.6-54.0 | 19 | 70.8 | 46.0-87.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 34 | 5 | 8.6 | 2.9-23.1 | 29 | 91.4 | 76.9-97.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 32 | 5 | 8.1 | 2.8-20.9 | 27 | 91.9 | 79.1-97.2 |
| $75,000+ | 48 | 15 | 28.8 | 15.5-47.0 | 33 | 71.2 | 53.0-84.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 243 | 95 | 34.6 | 26.3-44.0 | 148 | 65.4 | 56.0-73.7 |
| No | 112 | 26 | 21.3 | 12.4-34.2 | 86 | 78.7 | 65.8-87.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 55 | 14 | 20.7 | 10.5-36.7 | 41 | 79.3 | 63.3-89.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 307 | 109 | 32.5 | 25.1-40.8 | 198 | 67.5 | 59.2-74.9 |
*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.
**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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