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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 |
| -Western NC | 299 | 92 | 30.2 | 24.4-36.6 | 207 | 69.8 | 63.4-75.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 109 | 27 | 20.8 | 13.6-30.4 | 82 | 79.2 | 69.6-86.4 |
| Female | 190 | 65 | 37.7 | 29.9-46.1 | 125 | 62.3 | 53.9-70.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 285 | 88 | 30.1 | 24.3-36.7 | 197 | 69.9 | 63.3-75.7 |
| African American | 11 | 2 | 27.6 | 6.4-68.0 | 9 | 72.4 | 32.0-93.6 |
| Other Minorities | 2 | 2 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 3 | 1 | 34.0 | 3.9-86.6 | 2 | 66.0 | 13.4-96.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 295 | 91 | 30.1 | 24.4-36.6 | 204 | 69.9 | 63.4-75.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 45-54 | 76 | 26 | 31.7 | 21.2-44.6 | 50 | 68.3 | 55.4-78.8 |
| 55-64 | 88 | 24 | 26.4 | 17.1-38.4 | 64 | 73.6 | 61.6-82.9 |
| 65+ | 135 | 42 | 31.5 | 23.0-41.3 | 93 | 68.5 | 58.7-77.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 64 | 18 | 24.1 | 14.3-37.6 | 46 | 75.9 | 62.4-85.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 76 | 23 | 30.5 | 19.6-44.2 | 53 | 69.5 | 55.8-80.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 78 | 30 | 36.9 | 25.5-50.1 | 48 | 63.1 | 49.9-74.5 |
| College Graduate | 81 | 21 | 28.4 | 18.3-41.1 | 60 | 71.6 | 58.9-81.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 64 | 30 | 51.0 | 36.5-65.3 | 34 | 49.0 | 34.7-63.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 63 | 23 | 41.4 | 27.6-56.7 | 40 | 58.6 | 43.3-72.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 43 | 10 | 24.6 | 13.0-41.7 | 33 | 75.4 | 58.3-87.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 37 | 7 | 13.0 | 5.5-27.7 | 30 | 87.0 | 72.3-94.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 19 | 3 | 12.1 | 3.3-35.6 | 16 | 87.9 | 64.4-96.7 |
| $75,000+ | 31 | 9 | 26.5 | 12.8-47.0 | 22 | 73.5 | 53.0-87.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 208 | 78 | 36.5 | 29.1-44.6 | 130 | 63.5 | 55.4-70.9 |
| No | 86 | 13 | 15.0 | 8.1-26.0 | 73 | 85.0 | 74.0-91.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 52 | 18 | 30.8 | 18.5-46.6 | 34 | 69.2 | 53.4-81.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 247 | 74 | 30.0 | 23.7-37.2 | 173 | 70.0 | 62.8-76.3 |
*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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