2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 752 307 39.5 35.1-44.2 445 60.5 55.8-64.9
GENDER
Male 286 97 32.3 25.8-39.5 189 67.7 60.5-74.2
Female 466 210 44.3 38.4-50.2 256 55.7 49.8-61.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 692 274 38.8 34.2-43.6 418 61.2 56.4-65.8
No 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 183 67 35.4 27.3-44.4 116 64.6 55.6-72.7
Overweight 232 79 33.7 26.2-42.1 153 66.3 57.9-73.8
Obese 281 134 46.0 38.3-53.9 147 54.0 46.1-61.7
Current Smoker
Yes 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 620 245 37.6 32.8-42.7 375 62.4 57.3-67.2
History of CVD**
Yes 211 102 45.6 36.6-54.8 109 54.4 45.2-63.4
No 531 201 37.4 32.3-42.9 330 62.6 57.1-67.7
Binge Drinker
Yes 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 662 273 39.8 35.1-44.8 389 60.2 55.2-64.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 687 283 40.0 35.3-44.9 404 60.0 55.1-64.7
COPD
Yes 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 592 221 36.7 31.9-41.9 371 63.3 58.1-68.1
Current Asthma
Yes 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 633 245 36.4 31.7-41.4 388 63.6 58.6-68.3
Diabetes
Yes 208 97 47.8 38.5-57.2 111 52.2 42.8-61.5
No 544 210 36.6 31.5-41.9 334 63.4 58.1-68.5
Functional Disability
Yes 472 223 47.0 41.2-53.0 249 53.0 47.0-58.8
No 280 84 27.6 21.5-34.6 196 72.4 65.4-78.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 466 221 45.8 39.9-51.8 245 54.2 48.2-60.1
No 286 86 30.1 23.7-37.3 200 69.9 62.7-76.3

Back to Falls (Age 45+).

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

**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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