2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 2,883 353 11.7 10.2-13.3 413 12.8 11.4-14.4 2,117 75.5 73.4-77.5
GENDER
Male 1,287 126 8.8 7.0-11.0 163 11.8 9.7-14.3 998 79.4 76.4-82.1
Female 1,596 227 14.2 12.0-16.6 250 13.7 11.7-15.8 1,119 72.2 69.3-74.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,643 330 11.7 10.3-13.4 375 12.8 11.3-14.5 1,938 75.5 73.3-77.5
No 241 23 11.2 6.2-19.3 38 12.9 8.9-18.5 180 75.9 67.8-82.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 718 90 11.5 9.0-14.6 98 12.4 9.8-15.6 530 76.1 72.1-79.7
Overweight 1,017 123 11.6 9.4-14.4 111 9.9 7.9-12.5 783 78.4 75.1-81.4
Obese 940 111 11.1 8.7-14.1 175 15.8 13.1-18.9 654 73.1 69.3-76.6
Current Smoker
Yes 429 38 7.3 5.0-10.7 93 17.2 13.3-22.0 298 75.5 70.1-80.2
No 2,438 313 12.5 10.9-14.4 320 12.0 10.5-13.8 1,805 75.4 73.1-77.6
History of CVD**
Yes 521 73 11.5 8.5-15.5 139 25.8 21.0-31.3 309 62.6 56.8-68.1
No 2,344 275 11.7 10.0-13.5 269 9.9 8.6-11.4 1,800 78.4 76.2-80.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 224 28 12.6 7.8-19.7 31 12.4 8.0-18.8 165 75.0 67.0-81.6
No 2,537 306 11.5 10.0-13.3 367 13.0 11.5-14.7 1,864 75.5 73.3-77.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 129 16 11.8 6.5-20.3 19 12.3 7.0-20.7 94 75.9 65.9-83.7
No 2,634 319 11.7 10.1-13.4 380 13.0 11.5-14.7 1,935 75.3 73.1-77.4
COPD
Yes 358 47 14.1 9.4-20.7 107 26.0 20.6-32.1 204 59.9 52.8-66.6
No 2,510 304 11.4 9.9-13.1 298 10.6 9.2-12.1 1,908 78.0 75.9-80.0
Current Asthma
Yes 268 33 12.0 7.8-18.1 85 27.9 21.4-35.3 150 60.1 52.2-67.6
No 2,606 320 11.7 10.2-13.4 326 11.2 9.8-12.8 1,960 77.1 74.9-79.1
Diabetes
Yes 586 72 11.0 8.1-14.9 137 21.0 16.9-25.8 377 68.0 62.6-72.8
No 2,298 281 11.9 10.2-13.7 276 10.8 9.3-12.4 1,741 77.4 75.2-79.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,102 164 14.1 11.7-17.0 315 26.9 23.6-30.4 623 59.0 55.1-62.8
No 1,775 189 10.3 8.6-12.4 98 4.8 3.8- 6.0 1,488 84.9 82.6-86.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,300 174 12.7 10.5-15.3 296 21.5 18.7-24.5 830 65.8 62.3-69.1
No 1,584 179 10.9 9.1-13.2 117 6.4 5.1- 7.9 1,288 82.7 80.2-84.9

Back to Falls (Age 45+).

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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