2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 561 64 8.9 6.7-11.7 82 13.2 10.2-17.1 415 77.9 73.5-81.7
GENDER
Male 241 26 7.7 4.9-11.7 28 11.9 7.3-18.7 187 80.5 73.4-86.0
Female 320 38 9.8 6.8-14.0 54 14.3 10.6-19.2 228 75.8 70.0-80.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 360 44 9.5 6.9-13.1 55 14.7 10.6-20.0 261 75.8 70.1-80.7
Non-Hispanic Black 169 16 7.6 4.3-13.2 19 9.9 5.9-15.9 134 82.5 75.3-88.0
Other 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 298 33 9.1 6.2-13.3 46 12.4 8.8-17.1 219 78.5 72.8-83.3
65+ 262 30 8.4 5.5-12.4 36 14.5 9.6-21.2 196 77.2 70.3-82.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 26 7.9 5.1-12.0 37 15.2 10.2-21.9 157 77.0 69.9-82.8
Some Post-H.S. 167 11 5.0 2.7- 9.3 28 13.8 8.8-20.9 128 81.2 73.7-86.9
College Graduate 174 27 17.4 11.4-25.8 17 8.5 4.9-14.3 130 74.1 65.4-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 30 9.2 6.1-13.8 54 17.3 12.1-24.0 189 73.5 66.3-79.6
$50,000+ 181 21 9.3 5.8-14.7 15 8.7 5.1-14.4 145 82.0 75.2-87.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 107 13 7.5 4.0-13.7 13 11.3 6.2-19.7 81 81.2 71.9-87.9

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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