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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 | 4,723 | 679 | 13.7 | 12.6-14.9 | 683 | 14.7 | 13.5-15.9 | 3,361 | 71.6 | 70.1-73.1 |
-FEMALES | 2,801 | 451 | 15.9 | 14.3-17.5 | 414 | 14.9 | 13.4-16.6 | 1,936 | 69.2 | 67.1-71.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 2,108 | 344 | 16.2 | 14.4-18.2 | 335 | 16.2 | 14.4-18.1 | 1,429 | 67.7 | 65.2-70.0 |
African American | 552 | 76 | 13.4 | 10.5-17.0 | 55 | 10.5 | 7.8-14.1 | 421 | 76.1 | 71.6-80.0 |
Other Minorities | 120 | 26 | 19.3 | 12.5-28.4 | 23 | 16.6 | 10.1-26.1 | 71 | 64.2 | 53.6-73.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||
45-54 | 596 | 93 | 15.9 | 12.8-19.6 | 91 | 16.0 | 12.9-19.8 | 412 | 68.0 | 63.6-72.2 |
55-64 | 799 | 136 | 16.7 | 14.1-19.8 | 126 | 15.0 | 12.4-17.9 | 537 | 68.3 | 64.6-71.8 |
65-74 | 791 | 115 | 12.5 | 10.3-15.1 | 101 | 12.9 | 10.3-15.9 | 575 | 74.6 | 71.1-77.9 |
75+ | 603 | 97 | 16.0 | 12.9-19.6 | 95 | 15.9 | 12.8-19.5 | 411 | 68.2 | 63.8-72.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 319 | 54 | 16.4 | 12.3-21.5 | 59 | 20.5 | 15.5-26.6 | 206 | 63.1 | 56.6-69.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 823 | 122 | 13.5 | 11.2-16.3 | 127 | 15.1 | 12.5-18.0 | 574 | 71.4 | 67.9-74.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 770 | 122 | 16.3 | 13.4-19.8 | 121 | 15.2 | 12.6-18.4 | 527 | 68.4 | 64.4-72.1 |
College Graduate | 882 | 152 | 17.5 | 14.7-20.5 | 107 | 11.3 | 9.1-14.0 | 623 | 71.2 | 67.6-74.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 303 | 48 | 15.1 | 10.9-20.7 | 84 | 32.5 | 26.3-39.4 | 171 | 52.3 | 45.6-59.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 460 | 74 | 14.6 | 11.5-18.4 | 78 | 16.8 | 13.3-21.0 | 308 | 68.6 | 63.7-73.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 304 | 41 | 11.8 | 8.4-16.2 | 45 | 14.6 | 10.7-19.7 | 218 | 73.6 | 67.7-78.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 334 | 49 | 13.0 | 9.5-17.5 | 47 | 14.7 | 10.2-20.6 | 238 | 72.4 | 66.0-78.0 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 287 | 43 | 17.7 | 12.9-23.7 | 33 | 11.4 | 7.8-16.5 | 211 | 70.9 | 64.3-76.7 |
$75,000+ | 453 | 81 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.8 | 38 | 8.9 | 6.3-12.6 | 334 | 73.9 | 68.7-78.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,015 | 182 | 17.9 | 15.3-20.9 | 304 | 30.6 | 27.3-34.1 | 529 | 51.5 | 47.8-55.2 |
No | 1,769 | 267 | 14.8 | 12.9-16.9 | 107 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.1 | 1,395 | 78.6 | 76.2-80.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 54 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 2,746 | 441 | 15.8 | 14.2-17.5 | 402 | 14.8 | 13.3-16.5 | 1,903 | 69.4 | 67.3-71.4 |
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,631 | 270 | 16.5 | 14.5-18.7 | 258 | 16.0 | 14.0-18.2 | 1,103 | 67.5 | 64.7-70.1 |
No | 1,170 | 181 | 15.0 | 12.7-17.6 | 156 | 13.6 | 11.4-16.1 | 833 | 71.5 | 68.3-74.5 |
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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