2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Falls (Age 45+)

How many of these falls caused an injury that limited your regular activities by at least a day?*
By an injury, we mean the fall caused you to limit your regular activities for at least a day or to go see a doctor.

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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 752 307 39.5 35.1-44.2 445 60.5 55.8-64.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 269 115 46.3 38.5-54.3 154 53.7 45.7-61.5
Piedmont 304 120 36.6 30.4-43.2 184 63.4 56.8-69.6
Western NC 179 72 39.6 30.5-49.5 107 60.4 50.5-69.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 106 35 25.2 17.2-35.4 71 74.8 64.6-82.8
Charlotte 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 149 59 42.1 32.1-52.8 90 57.9 47.2-67.9
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 2 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 122 39 36.1 26.5-46.9 83 63.9 53.1-73.5
Region 5 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 144 56 39.5 30.1-49.7 88 60.5 50.3-69.9

Back to Falls (Age 45+).

*This question was asked of those who reported having one or more falls in the past 12 months.

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 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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