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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 |
| -FEMALES | 4,930 | 777 | 15.4 | 14.2-16.7 | 705 | 13.8 | 12.6-15.1 | 3,448 | 70.8 | 69.1-72.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,672 | 596 | 15.6 | 14.2-17.1 | 532 | 14.5 | 13.1-15.9 | 2,544 | 70.0 | 68.1-71.8 |
| African American | 895 | 132 | 15.1 | 12.3-18.4 | 103 | 11.1 | 8.5-14.4 | 660 | 73.7 | 69.7-77.5 |
| Other Minorities | 333 | 45 | 14.3 | 9.8-20.3 | 64 | 13.7 | 9.8-18.7 | 224 | 72.0 | 65.2-78.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 45-54 | 1,205 | 177 | 14.2 | 12.0-16.8 | 176 | 14.3 | 11.9-17.1 | 852 | 71.5 | 68.1-74.6 |
| 55-64 | 1,398 | 196 | 14.2 | 12.1-16.7 | 214 | 14.3 | 12.2-16.7 | 988 | 71.5 | 68.5-74.3 |
| 65-74 | 1,282 | 208 | 16.9 | 14.3-19.8 | 152 | 10.6 | 8.8-12.7 | 922 | 72.5 | 69.3-75.5 |
| 75+ | 1,033 | 188 | 17.5 | 14.9-20.6 | 160 | 15.7 | 13.1-18.7 | 685 | 66.8 | 63.1-70.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 639 | 105 | 17.3 | 13.9-21.5 | 122 | 18.3 | 14.7-22.5 | 412 | 64.4 | 59.4-69.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,557 | 227 | 13.5 | 11.5-15.7 | 209 | 13.0 | 11.0-15.3 | 1,121 | 73.5 | 70.7-76.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,314 | 214 | 16.1 | 13.8-18.8 | 209 | 14.6 | 12.4-17.2 | 891 | 69.2 | 66.0-72.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,404 | 229 | 15.6 | 13.4-18.0 | 165 | 10.9 | 9.1-13.0 | 1,010 | 73.6 | 70.7-76.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 627 | 131 | 17.7 | 14.4-21.5 | 128 | 21.0 | 16.6-26.2 | 368 | 61.3 | 56.0-66.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 861 | 121 | 12.7 | 10.2-15.6 | 165 | 18.7 | 15.5-22.3 | 575 | 68.6 | 64.5-72.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 533 | 87 | 17.7 | 13.7-22.5 | 75 | 12.5 | 9.6-16.0 | 371 | 69.9 | 64.7-74.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 573 | 88 | 16.0 | 12.6-20.2 | 71 | 11.8 | 9.0-15.3 | 414 | 72.2 | 67.5-76.5 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 543 | 75 | 14.2 | 11.0-18.2 | 53 | 9.9 | 6.9-13.9 | 415 | 75.9 | 71.0-80.2 |
| $75,000+ | 724 | 125 | 17.6 | 14.4-21.4 | 70 | 9.8 | 7.5-12.8 | 529 | 72.5 | 68.3-76.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,672 | 323 | 19.0 | 16.7-21.5 | 505 | 30.5 | 27.7-33.4 | 844 | 50.5 | 47.4-53.7 |
| No | 3,236 | 450 | 13.8 | 12.3-15.4 | 195 | 6.2 | 5.1- 7.4 | 2,591 | 80.0 | 78.2-81.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 89 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 4,840 | 765 | 15.4 | 14.2-16.8 | 690 | 13.7 | 12.5-15.0 | 3,385 | 70.9 | 69.2-72.5 |
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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