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| Total Respond.^ |
1 fall | 2 or more falls | No falls | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,879 | 1,118 | 13.4 | 12.4-14.4 | 1,112 | 13.7 | 12.7-14.7 | 5,649 | 73.0 | 71.7-74.2 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 1,344 | 169 | 12.4 | 10.2-15.0 | 156 | 10.9 | 8.9-13.2 | 1,019 | 76.7 | 73.6-79.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 449 | 37 | 9.2 | 6.1-13.7 | 53 | 10.5 | 7.8-14.1 | 359 | 80.3 | 75.2-84.5 |
| Female | 895 | 132 | 15.1 | 12.3-18.4 | 103 | 11.1 | 8.5-14.4 | 660 | 73.7 | 69.7-77.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,335 | 166 | 12.4 | 10.2-15.0 | 155 | 10.9 | 9.0-13.3 | 1,014 | 76.7 | 73.5-79.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 45-54 | 408 | 56 | 11.4 | 8.5-15.2 | 47 | 10.2 | 7.0-14.5 | 305 | 78.4 | 73.3-82.8 |
| 55-64 | 447 | 57 | 14.9 | 10.5-20.8 | 55 | 11.6 | 8.5-15.7 | 335 | 73.4 | 67.4-78.7 |
| 65-74 | 308 | 26 | 9.8 | 5.7-16.3 | 24 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.3 | 258 | 82.8 | 75.8-88.1 |
| 75+ | 174 | 24 | 10.8 | 6.4-17.8 | 29 | 17.5 | 11.2-26.3 | 121 | 71.7 | 62.2-79.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 259 | 38 | 16.7 | 11.0-24.5 | 48 | 17.3 | 12.3-23.8 | 173 | 66.0 | 57.7-73.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 426 | 45 | 8.6 | 5.9-12.3 | 45 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.3 | 336 | 81.9 | 76.6-86.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 365 | 50 | 13.2 | 9.5-18.1 | 45 | 10.0 | 6.9-14.2 | 270 | 76.8 | 71.1-81.7 |
| College Graduate | 288 | 36 | 12.1 | 8.4-17.2 | 18 | 6.0 | 3.3-10.6 | 234 | 81.9 | 75.9-86.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 282 | 47 | 12.5 | 8.8-17.4 | 45 | 18.8 | 12.8-26.8 | 190 | 68.7 | 60.8-75.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 297 | 36 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.9 | 46 | 13.2 | 9.3-18.3 | 215 | 76.2 | 69.7-81.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 170 | 17 | 13.0 | 7.2-22.4 | 19 | 10.2 | 6.0-16.9 | 134 | 76.8 | 67.3-84.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 146 | 15 | 9.0 | 5.1-15.2 | *** | *** | *** | 120 | 84.0 | 76.2-89.6 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 117 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 99 | 84.3 | 74.8-90.7 |
| $75,000+ | 107 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 89 | 85.0 | 74.9-91.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 472 | 87 | 17.8 | 13.3-23.3 | 114 | 23.4 | 18.6-28.9 | 271 | 58.9 | 52.6-64.9 |
| No | 867 | 80 | 9.7 | 7.4-12.5 | 42 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.6 | 745 | 85.8 | 82.6-88.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 192 | 17 | 8.1 | 4.6-13.8 | 25 | 11.3 | 7.3-17.0 | 150 | 80.6 | 73.5-86.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,151 | 152 | 13.3 | 10.8-16.2 | 130 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.4 | 869 | 76.0 | 72.5-79.2 |
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^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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