BRFSS 2018 - Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics: (In the past 12 months, how many times have you fallen?)

2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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
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
Region 4	401	53	14.4	10.5-19.5	48	9.9	7.0-13.7	300	75.7	70.1-80.5
GENDER
Male	187	13	9.0	4.9-16.2	20	10.2	5.8-17.1	154	80.8	72.5-87.1
Female	214	40	19.6	13.6-27.4	28	9.7	6.4-14.3	146	70.8	62.9-77.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	298	41	16.4	11.6-22.8	34	9.7	6.3-14.5	223	73.9	67.1-79.7
Non-Hispanic Black	69	***	***	***	***	***	***	51	80.7	69.3-88.5
Other	34	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
AGE
45-64	224	24	12.2	7.9-18.4	25	9.7	6.1-15.1	175	78.1	71.1-83.8
65+	173	26	16.5	10.0-26.0	22	10.1	6.1-16.3	125	73.4	63.8-81.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	142	14	11.3	5.9-20.6	18	10.4	6.3-16.6	110	78.3	69.0-85.4
Some Post-H.S.	122	23	21.0	13.6-30.9	11	8.7	4.2-17.5	88	70.3	59.7-79.1
College Graduate	136	15	9.3	5.4-15.7	19	10.9	6.6-17.4	102	79.8	71.9-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	154	21	14.3	8.4-23.1	25	13.8	9.0-20.7	108	71.9	62.7-79.6
$50,000+	166	15	9.6	5.5-16.3	17	9.1	4.8-16.3	134	81.3	73.1-87.5
Don't know/Not Sure	81	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***

Total
Respond.^

1 fall

2 or more falls

No falls

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

Region 4

401

14.4

10.5-19.5

9.9

7.0-13.7

300

75.7

70.1-80.5

GENDER

Male

187

9.0

4.9-16.2

10.2

5.8-17.1

154

80.8

72.5-87.1

Female

214

19.6

13.6-27.4

9.7

6.4-14.3

146

70.8

62.9-77.6

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

298

16.4

11.6-22.8

9.7

6.3-14.5

223

73.9

67.1-79.7

Non-Hispanic Black

***

80.7

69.3-88.5

Other

***

AGE

45-64

224

12.2

7.9-18.4

9.7

6.1-15.1

175

78.1

71.1-83.8

65+

173

16.5

10.0-26.0

10.1

6.1-16.3

125

73.4

63.8-81.2

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

142

11.3

5.9-20.6

10.4

6.3-16.6

110

78.3

69.0-85.4

Some Post-H.S.

122

21.0

13.6-30.9

8.7

4.2-17.5

70.3

59.7-79.1

College Graduate

136

9.3

5.4-15.7

10.9

6.6-17.4

102

79.8

71.9-85.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

154

14.3

8.4-23.1

13.8

9.0-20.7

108

71.9

62.7-79.6

$50,000+

166

9.6

5.5-16.3

9.1

4.8-16.3

134

81.3

73.1-87.5

Don't know/Not Sure

***

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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