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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 |
-WHITES | 5,937 | 878 | 13.7 | 12.7-14.9 | 840 | 14.3 | 13.2-15.5 | 4,219 | 71.9 | 70.5-73.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 2,265 | 282 | 11.6 | 10.0-13.3 | 308 | 14.2 | 12.4-16.2 | 1,675 | 74.2 | 71.8-76.4 |
Female | 3,672 | 596 | 15.6 | 14.2-17.1 | 532 | 14.5 | 13.1-15.9 | 2,544 | 70.0 | 68.1-71.8 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 5,862 | 871 | 13.8 | 12.7-14.9 | 832 | 14.4 | 13.3-15.6 | 4,159 | 71.8 | 70.3-73.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||
45-54 | 1,361 | 183 | 12.9 | 10.8-15.4 | 207 | 16.0 | 13.7-18.5 | 971 | 71.1 | 68.0-74.0 |
55-64 | 1,682 | 210 | 11.9 | 10.2-13.8 | 249 | 14.9 | 12.9-17.3 | 1,223 | 73.2 | 70.5-75.8 |
65-74 | 1,631 | 256 | 15.2 | 13.2-17.4 | 191 | 10.7 | 9.1-12.5 | 1,184 | 74.1 | 71.5-76.6 |
75+ | 1,259 | 227 | 16.8 | 14.4-19.4 | 191 | 14.8 | 12.5-17.4 | 841 | 68.4 | 65.2-71.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 616 | 91 | 13.7 | 10.3-17.9 | 123 | 19.5 | 15.9-23.8 | 402 | 66.8 | 61.8-71.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,784 | 252 | 12.4 | 10.7-14.4 | 253 | 14.4 | 12.6-16.5 | 1,279 | 73.1 | 70.6-75.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,553 | 233 | 14.8 | 12.7-17.1 | 242 | 15.3 | 13.1-17.8 | 1,078 | 69.9 | 67.0-72.7 |
College Graduate | 1,971 | 301 | 13.9 | 12.2-15.9 | 221 | 10.5 | 9.0-12.3 | 1,449 | 75.5 | 73.2-77.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 556 | 102 | 13.1 | 10.4-16.4 | 137 | 26.9 | 22.1-32.2 | 317 | 60.1 | 54.6-65.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 888 | 131 | 13.0 | 10.7-15.8 | 167 | 20.4 | 17.1-24.1 | 590 | 66.6 | 62.5-70.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 627 | 90 | 12.8 | 9.9-16.2 | 90 | 14.8 | 11.6-18.6 | 447 | 72.5 | 68.0-76.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 757 | 125 | 17.8 | 14.3-22.0 | 92 | 12.3 | 9.7-15.4 | 540 | 69.9 | 65.5-74.1 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 750 | 102 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.9 | 77 | 11.7 | 8.6-15.6 | 571 | 75.5 | 71.2-79.4 |
$75,000+ | 1,260 | 176 | 13.4 | 11.2-15.9 | 119 | 9.1 | 7.3-11.3 | 965 | 77.5 | 74.5-80.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,936 | 359 | 17.3 | 15.3-19.5 | 578 | 31.3 | 28.7-34.0 | 999 | 51.4 | 48.6-54.3 |
No | 3,972 | 515 | 12.2 | 10.9-13.5 | 257 | 7.0 | 6.0- 8.1 | 3,200 | 80.9 | 79.2-82.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 980 | 138 | 13.4 | 11.1-16.0 | 127 | 14.7 | 11.9-17.9 | 715 | 72.0 | 68.3-75.4 |
Non-Veteran | 4,957 | 740 | 13.8 | 12.6-15.1 | 713 | 14.3 | 13.1-15.6 | 3,504 | 71.9 | 70.3-73.5 |
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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