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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 822 | 251 | 30.4 | 26.2-35.0 | 571 | 69.6 | 65.0-73.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 287 | 72 | 25.3 | 19.2-32.7 | 215 | 74.7 | 67.3-80.8 |
| Female | 535 | 179 | 34.6 | 29.3-40.3 | 356 | 65.4 | 59.7-70.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 689 | 210 | 31.1 | 26.7-36.0 | 479 | 68.9 | 64.0-73.3 |
| African American | 115 | 36 | 26.8 | 17.0-39.7 | 79 | 73.2 | 60.3-83.0 |
| Other Minorities | 15 | 5 | 37.8 | 15.2-67.4 | 10 | 62.2 | 32.6-84.8 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 8 | 3 | 29.4 | 7.2-69.1 | 5 | 70.6 | 30.9-92.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 812 | 247 | 30.4 | 26.1-35.0 | 565 | 69.6 | 65.0-73.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 246 | 88 | 32.1 | 24.7-40.5 | 158 | 67.9 | 59.5-75.3 |
| 55-64 | 246 | 67 | 28.6 | 21.8-36.5 | 179 | 71.4 | 63.5-78.2 |
| 65+ | 330 | 96 | 29.8 | 23.8-36.6 | 234 | 70.2 | 63.4-76.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 143 | 48 | 32.2 | 21.1-45.8 | 95 | 67.8 | 54.2-78.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 224 | 77 | 33.7 | 25.6-42.8 | 147 | 66.3 | 57.2-74.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 222 | 64 | 27.6 | 21.0-35.4 | 158 | 72.4 | 64.6-79.0 |
| College Graduate | 233 | 62 | 28.6 | 21.4-37.1 | 171 | 71.4 | 62.9-78.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 150 | 60 | 43.5 | 33.4-54.2 | 90 | 56.5 | 45.8-66.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 145 | 42 | 21.5 | 12.7-34.0 | 103 | 78.5 | 66.0-87.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 99 | 37 | 44.5 | 31.7-58.0 | 62 | 55.5 | 42.0-68.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 105 | 27 | 27.6 | 17.7-40.4 | 78 | 72.4 | 59.6-82.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 89 | 23 | 27.4 | 17.3-40.5 | 66 | 72.6 | 59.5-82.7 |
| $75,000+ | 120 | 25 | 18.7 | 12.0-28.0 | 95 | 81.3 | 72.0-88.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 511 | 184 | 37.2 | 31.5-43.2 | 327 | 62.8 | 56.8-68.5 |
| No | 296 | 60 | 21.2 | 15.9-27.6 | 236 | 78.8 | 72.4-84.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 127 | 32 | 27.1 | 18.2-38.2 | 95 | 72.9 | 61.8-81.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 695 | 219 | 31.0 | 26.4-36.1 | 476 | 69.0 | 63.9-73.6 |
*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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