BRFSS 2016 - Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics: (In the past 12 months, how many times have you fallen?)

2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

Falls (Age 45+)

In the past 12 months, how many times have you fallen?

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	Total Respond.^	1 fall	2 or more falls	No falls
North Carolina	4,062	551	12.8	11.6-14.1	661	16.0	14.6-17.5	2,850	71.2	69.5-72.9
Region 6	327	40	11.5	8.2-15.9	70	21.7	16.9-27.4	217	66.8	60.7-72.4
GENDER
Male	136	14	10.7	5.9-18.4	34	26.8	18.9-36.6	88	62.5	52.6-71.5
Female	191	26	12.2	8.2-17.9	36	17.2	12.1-23.8	129	70.5	63.0-77.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	200	29	12.7	8.5-18.7	48	25.5	18.9-33.4	123	61.8	53.7-69.3
Non-Hispanic Black	96	***	***	***	13	12.8	7.0-22.4	74	77.3	66.4-85.4
Other	27	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
AGE
45-64	170	17	9.2	5.5-15.0	43	24.9	18.1-33.1	110	65.9	57.4-73.5
65+	156	23	15.1	9.7-22.9	26	15.8	10.4-23.2	107	69.1	60.3-76.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	139	11	8.5	4.3-16.0	34	24.1	16.8-33.3	94	67.4	57.8-75.8
Some College +	186	28	14.2	9.7-20.3	35	19.0	13.3-26.5	123	66.7	58.7-73.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	171	20	12.3	7.6-19.2	39	23.3	16.4-32.0	112	64.4	55.4-72.5
$50,000+	93	13	11.1	6.3-18.7	16	17.3	10.5-27.1	64	71.6	61.2-80.1

Total
Respond.^

1 fall

2 or more falls

No falls

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

4,062

551

12.8

11.6-14.1

661

16.0

14.6-17.5

2,850

71.2

69.5-72.9

Region 6

327

11.5

8.2-15.9

21.7

16.9-27.4

217

66.8

60.7-72.4

GENDER

Male

136

10.7

5.9-18.4

26.8

18.9-36.6

62.5

52.6-71.5

Female

191

12.2

8.2-17.9

17.2

12.1-23.8

129

70.5

63.0-77.1

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

200

12.7

8.5-18.7

25.5

18.9-33.4

123

61.8

53.7-69.3

Non-Hispanic Black

***

12.8

7.0-22.4

77.3

66.4-85.4

Other

***

AGE

45-64

170

9.2

5.5-15.0

24.9

18.1-33.1

110

65.9

57.4-73.5

65+

156

15.1

9.7-22.9

15.8

10.4-23.2

107

69.1

60.3-76.7

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

139

8.5

4.3-16.0

24.1

16.8-33.3

67.4

57.8-75.8

Some College +

186

14.2

9.7-20.3

19.0

13.3-26.5

123

66.7

58.7-73.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

171

12.3

7.6-19.2

23.3

16.4-32.0

112

64.4

55.4-72.5

$50,000+

11.1

6.3-18.7

17.3

10.5-27.1

71.6

61.2-80.1

Back to Falls (Age 45+).

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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