2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 485 48 9.5 6.9-13.0 70 14.2 10.6-18.7 367 76.3 71.3-80.7
GENDER
Male 215 14 5.9 3.3-10.2 28 10.4 6.8-15.6 173 83.6 77.6-88.3
Female 270 34 12.6 8.5-18.3 42 17.4 12.0-24.5 194 70.0 62.5-76.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 315 33 10.0 6.8-14.5 42 13.1 9.2-18.3 240 76.9 70.9-82.0
Non-Hispanic Black 97 *** *** *** 15 12.4 7.0-21.0 76 79.9 69.2-87.5
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 250 26 10.7 7.0-16.1 40 16.3 11.1-23.2 184 73.0 65.5-79.4
65+ 235 22 7.8 4.8-12.6 30 11.2 7.6-16.3 183 80.9 74.7-85.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 17 8.0 4.6-13.5 34 17.4 11.2-26.0 142 74.6 65.7-81.8
Some Post-H.S. 149 22 14.2 8.7-22.3 20 12.4 7.7-19.3 107 73.4 64.3-80.8
College Graduate 143 *** *** *** 16 10.6 6.3-17.2 118 83.6 76.2-89.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 23 8.5 5.2-13.6 44 18.9 13.1-26.5 187 72.6 64.9-79.2
$50,000+ 150 16 10.0 5.8-16.7 17 9.7 5.8-15.8 117 80.3 72.4-86.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

Back to Falls (Age 45+).

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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