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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 |
| -Western NC | 346 | 120 | 35.3 | 29.1-41.9 | 226 | 64.7 | 58.1-70.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 125 | 36 | 33.0 | 24.0-43.5 | 89 | 67.0 | 56.5-76.0 |
| Female | 221 | 84 | 37.1 | 29.2-45.8 | 137 | 62.9 | 54.2-70.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 305 | 106 | 35.1 | 28.7-42.1 | 199 | 64.9 | 57.9-71.3 |
| Other minorities | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 343 | 118 | 35.0 | 28.9-41.7 | 225 | 65.0 | 58.3-71.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 35-54 | 77 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 99 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 94 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 116 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 81 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 99 | 25 | 22.6 | 14.7-33.1 | 74 | 77.4 | 66.9-85.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 65 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 41 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 29 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 78 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 189 | 86 | 46.1 | 37.4-55.0 | 103 | 53.9 | 45.0-62.6 |
| No | 153 | 33 | 24.1 | 16.0-34.4 | 120 | 75.9 | 65.6-84.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 45 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 301 | 106 | 35.0 | 28.4-42.2 | 195 | 65.0 | 57.8-71.6 |
*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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