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| Total Respond.^ |
1 or more falls caused an | No injuries | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,206 | 829 | 35.5 | 33.0-38.1 | 1,377 | 64.5 | 61.9-67.0 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,141 | 432 | 35.5 | 32.0-39.2 | 709 | 64.5 | 60.8-68.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 411 | 124 | 27.1 | 22.1-32.8 | 287 | 72.9 | 67.2-77.9 |
| Female | 730 | 308 | 42.1 | 37.6-46.8 | 422 | 57.9 | 53.2-62.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 916 | 342 | 35.1 | 31.2-39.2 | 574 | 64.9 | 60.8-68.8 |
| African American | 168 | 62 | 36.3 | 27.6-46.1 | 106 | 63.7 | 53.9-72.4 |
| Other minorities | 54 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 23 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,115 | 420 | 35.4 | 31.8-39.1 | 695 | 64.6 | 60.9-68.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 35-54 | 307 | 125 | 37.3 | 30.9-44.2 | 182 | 62.7 | 55.8-69.1 |
| 55-64 | 316 | 122 | 37.6 | 30.8-44.8 | 194 | 62.4 | 55.2-69.2 |
| 65-74 | 256 | 90 | 30.8 | 24.4-38.2 | 166 | 69.2 | 61.8-75.6 |
| 75+ | 262 | 95 | 32.9 | 26.3-40.3 | 167 | 67.1 | 59.7-73.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 185 | 75 | 37.2 | 28.7-46.6 | 110 | 62.8 | 53.4-71.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 312 | 130 | 39.0 | 32.5-45.9 | 182 | 61.0 | 54.1-67.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 317 | 131 | 37.6 | 31.1-44.6 | 186 | 62.4 | 55.4-68.9 |
| College Graduate | 327 | 96 | 27.0 | 21.5-33.3 | 231 | 73.0 | 66.7-78.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 172 | *** | *** | *** | 80 | 46.1 | 36.0-56.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 221 | 90 | 42.8 | 34.8-51.3 | 131 | 57.2 | 48.7-65.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 121 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 143 | 40 | 25.5 | 17.7-35.3 | 103 | 74.5 | 64.7-82.3 |
| $50,000+ | 283 | 97 | 31.2 | 24.9-38.3 | 186 | 68.8 | 61.7-75.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 634 | 292 | 43.7 | 38.6-49.0 | 342 | 56.3 | 51.0-61.4 |
| No | 504 | 140 | 26.4 | 21.9-31.5 | 364 | 73.6 | 68.5-78.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 178 | 55 | 25.2 | 18.4-33.3 | 123 | 74.8 | 66.7-81.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 963 | 377 | 37.6 | 33.6-41.7 | 586 | 62.4 | 58.3-66.4 |
*This question was asked of those who reported having one or more falls in the past 3 months.
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.
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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