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| Total Respond.^ |
1 or more falls caused an injury | No injuries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,347 | 534 | 39.5 | 36.4-42.7 | 813 | 60.5 | 57.3-63.6 |
| -Western NC | 227 | 84 | 35.8 | 28.5-43.8 | 143 | 64.2 | 56.2-71.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 85 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 142 | 54 | 40.7 | 31.0-51.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 212 | 81 | 37.1 | 29.5-45.4 | 131 | 62.9 | 54.6-70.5 |
| Other minorities | 14 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 35-54 | 43 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 65 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 75 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 44 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 33 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 61 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 79 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 30 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 46 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 27 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 29 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 53 | 13 | 18.1 | 10.2-30.2 | 40 | 81.9 | 69.8-89.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 129 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 97 | 16 | 13.6 | 8.0-22.2 | 81 | 86.4 | 77.8-92.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 32 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 195 | 74 | 37.7 | 29.7-46.5 | 121 | 62.3 | 53.5-70.3 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||
| Yes | 189 | 67 | 33.7 | 26.0-42.3 | 122 | 66.3 | 57.7-74.0 |
| No | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
*This question was asked of those who reported having one or more falls in the past 12 months.
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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