2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,883 353 11.7 10.2-13.3 413 12.8 11.4-14.4 2,117 75.5 73.4-77.5
Medicaid Region 2 414 55 13.1 9.9-17.1 56 12.0 9.0-16.0 303 74.9 69.9-79.3
GENDER
Male 181 23 11.5 7.2-17.7 22 10.7 6.6-16.8 136 77.8 70.3-83.9
Female 233 32 14.4 10.0-20.2 34 13.2 9.0-18.8 167 72.4 65.5-78.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 329 47 14.3 10.5-19.1 41 11.2 7.9-15.7 241 74.5 68.8-79.4
Non-Hispanic Black 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 225 27 12.5 8.4-18.2 31 11.5 7.8-16.8 167 76.0 69.3-81.6
65+ 187 26 13.2 8.8-19.3 25 13.0 8.3-19.7 136 73.8 66.1-80.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 19 12.7 7.8-20.0 29 16.3 10.9-23.6 111 71.0 62.4-78.3
Some Post-H.S. 118 16 12.6 7.5-20.3 15 12.0 7.0-19.9 87 75.4 66.0-82.8
College Graduate 135 20 14.5 9.2-22.0 12 5.1 2.7- 9.5 103 80.4 72.6-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 24 14.2 9.4-20.8 33 19.0 13.2-26.7 110 66.8 58.4-74.2
$50,000+ 160 15 9.6 5.3-16.7 *** *** *** 136 86.3 78.9-91.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 87 16 18.1 10.8-28.7 14 14.5 7.9-25.2 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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