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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 |
| -FEMALES | 977 | 336 | 35.4 | 31.3-39.6 | 641 | 64.6 | 60.4-68.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 809 | 279 | 36.2 | 31.7-41.0 | 530 | 63.8 | 59.0-68.3 |
| African American | 140 | 43 | 28.0 | 19.0-39.1 | 97 | 72.0 | 60.9-81.0 |
| Other Minorities | 27 | 14 | 59.0 | 35.5-79.1 | 13 | 41.0 | 20.9-64.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 278 | 107 | 39.3 | 32.0-47.1 | 171 | 60.7 | 52.9-68.0 |
| 55-64 | 291 | 92 | 31.9 | 25.2-39.5 | 199 | 68.1 | 60.5-74.8 |
| 65+ | 408 | 137 | 33.7 | 27.7-40.2 | 271 | 66.3 | 59.8-72.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 170 | 59 | 39.6 | 29.3-50.9 | 111 | 60.4 | 49.1-70.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 281 | 109 | 40.2 | 32.1-48.8 | 172 | 59.8 | 51.2-67.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 295 | 107 | 36.5 | 29.5-44.0 | 188 | 63.5 | 56.0-70.5 |
| College Graduate | 231 | 61 | 24.6 | 18.4-32.1 | 170 | 75.4 | 67.9-81.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 208 | 97 | 48.3 | 38.7-58.0 | 111 | 51.7 | 42.0-61.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 194 | 67 | 35.7 | 26.4-46.2 | 127 | 64.3 | 53.8-73.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 107 | 49 | 53.1 | 40.1-65.7 | 58 | 46.9 | 34.3-59.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 112 | 29 | 24.2 | 15.3-35.9 | 83 | 75.8 | 64.1-84.7 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 82 | 17 | 17.1 | 9.6-28.8 | 65 | 82.9 | 71.2-90.4 |
| $75,000+ | 107 | 25 | 25.0 | 15.8-37.1 | 82 | 75.0 | 62.9-84.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 658 | 267 | 42.7 | 37.5-48.1 | 391 | 57.3 | 51.9-62.5 |
| No | 302 | 65 | 22.6 | 16.7-29.8 | 237 | 77.4 | 70.2-83.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 20 | 9 | 46.3 | 21.1-73.5 | 11 | 53.7 | 26.5-78.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 957 | 327 | 35.2 | 31.1-39.5 | 630 | 64.8 | 60.5-68.9 |
*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.
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