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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,484 | 363 | 13.7 | 12.2-15.3 | 332 | 13.5 | 12.0-15.1 | 1,789 | 72.8 | 70.7-74.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,022 | 124 | 10.8 | 8.9-13.0 | 129 | 12.9 | 10.7-15.5 | 769 | 76.3 | 73.2-79.1 |
| Female | 1,462 | 239 | 16.2 | 14.1-18.5 | 203 | 14.0 | 12.0-16.2 | 1,020 | 69.8 | 67.0-72.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,900 | 290 | 14.5 | 12.8-16.5 | 271 | 14.2 | 12.5-16.1 | 1,339 | 71.3 | 68.9-73.6 |
| African American | 462 | 58 | 10.9 | 8.3-14.3 | 49 | 12.1 | 8.8-16.3 | 355 | 77.0 | 72.3-81.2 |
| Other minorities | 104 | 14 | 13.4 | 7.3-23.4 | *** | *** | *** | 79 | 77.1 | 66.0-85.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 73 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,401 | 351 | 13.6 | 12.1-15.2 | 323 | 13.7 | 12.2-15.4 | 1,727 | 72.7 | 70.6-74.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 35-54 | 588 | 73 | 12.3 | 9.7-15.6 | 82 | 14.2 | 11.4-17.6 | 433 | 73.4 | 69.3-77.2 |
| 55-64 | 728 | 107 | 13.6 | 11.2-16.6 | 98 | 13.0 | 10.5-15.9 | 523 | 73.4 | 69.7-76.7 |
| 65-74 | 672 | 93 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.7 | 66 | 10.0 | 7.6-12.9 | 513 | 77.3 | 73.6-80.6 |
| 75+ | 485 | 81 | 16.1 | 12.8-20.1 | 85 | 18.1 | 14.4-22.5 | 319 | 65.8 | 60.7-70.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 295 | 44 | 12.7 | 9.3-17.3 | 49 | 18.8 | 14.0-24.7 | 202 | 68.5 | 62.1-74.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 652 | 95 | 13.7 | 11.0-16.9 | 101 | 14.5 | 11.8-17.6 | 456 | 71.9 | 67.9-75.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 634 | 93 | 14.1 | 11.3-17.6 | 91 | 14.0 | 11.2-17.3 | 450 | 71.9 | 67.7-75.7 |
| College Graduate | 897 | 131 | 13.9 | 11.6-16.6 | 91 | 9.4 | 7.5-11.8 | 675 | 76.7 | 73.4-79.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 236 | 35 | 13.4 | 9.2-19.1 | 65 | 32.2 | 25.3-39.9 | 136 | 54.4 | 46.8-61.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 375 | 57 | 13.8 | 10.3-18.1 | 72 | 20.3 | 16.0-25.5 | 246 | 65.9 | 60.1-71.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 226 | 28 | 10.0 | 6.6-14.8 | 31 | 13.7 | 9.4-19.4 | 167 | 76.3 | 69.8-81.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 289 | 41 | 12.6 | 9.0-17.4 | 36 | 12.1 | 8.4-17.1 | 212 | 75.4 | 69.3-80.5 |
| $50,000+ | 834 | 117 | 13.9 | 11.3-16.9 | 71 | 8.6 | 6.7-11.1 | 646 | 77.5 | 74.0-80.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 818 | 136 | 16.2 | 13.5-19.3 | 227 | 29.2 | 25.7-33.1 | 455 | 54.5 | 50.5-58.5 |
| No | 1,654 | 226 | 12.6 | 10.9-14.5 | 103 | 6.3 | 5.1- 7.8 | 1,325 | 81.1 | 78.8-83.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 347 | 49 | 12.6 | 9.3-16.8 | 49 | 14.4 | 10.5-19.4 | 249 | 73.0 | 67.4-78.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,136 | 314 | 13.9 | 12.3-15.7 | 283 | 13.3 | 11.8-15.1 | 1,539 | 72.8 | 70.5-74.9 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||
| Yes | 884 | 146 | 15.3 | 12.9-18.1 | 127 | 15.0 | 12.4-18.0 | 611 | 69.7 | 66.1-73.0 |
| No | 1,600 | 217 | 12.8 | 11.1-14.9 | 205 | 12.7 | 10.9-14.7 | 1,178 | 74.5 | 71.9-76.9 |
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.
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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