BRFSS 2020 - Medicaid region 4: (In the past 12 months, how many times have you fallen?)

2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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	3,560	411	11.5	10.3-12.9	447	13.0	11.6-14.5	2,702	75.5	73.6-77.2
Medicaid Region 4	623	75	11.6	8.9-15.0	62	9.4	6.8-12.9	486	79.0	74.7-82.7
GENDER
Male	269	34	10.2	6.9-14.8	21	8.9	5.1-15.3	214	80.9	74.2-86.1
Female	354	41	12.8	8.9-18.0	41	9.8	6.7-14.2	272	77.4	71.5-82.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	409	62	14.6	10.9-19.2	39	10.2	6.7-15.1	308	75.3	69.5-80.2
Non-Hispanic Black	147	***	***	***	16	8.2	4.6-14.2	122	86.2	79.0-91.2
Other	67	***	***	***	***	***	***	56	86.1	75.3-92.6
AGE
45-64	355	39	11.4	8.1-15.8	29	8.7	5.5-13.7	287	79.8	74.2-84.6
65+	267	36	12.0	7.8-17.9	33	10.6	6.8-16.1	198	77.4	70.5-83.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	166	15	11.3	6.3-19.6	15	10.2	5.1-19.6	136	78.4	68.4-85.9
Some Post-H.S.	143	15	8.9	5.2-15.0	18	11.0	6.6-17.7	110	80.1	72.2-86.1
College Graduate	313	44	13.4	9.7-18.2	29	7.6	5.1-11.0	240	79.1	73.8-83.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	202	19	11.6	6.6-19.6	29	13.2	8.4-20.1	154	75.1	66.5-82.2
$50,000+	299	39	10.7	7.6-14.8	24	7.2	4.6-11.2	236	82.1	77.0-86.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused	122	17	13.6	7.9-22.4	***	***	***	96	77.8	66.0-86.4

Total
Respond.^

1 fall

2 or more falls

No falls

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

3,560

411

11.5

10.3-12.9

447

13.0

11.6-14.5

2,702

75.5

73.6-77.2

Medicaid Region 4

623

11.6

8.9-15.0

9.4

6.8-12.9

486

79.0

74.7-82.7

GENDER

Male

269

10.2

6.9-14.8

8.9

5.1-15.3

214

80.9

74.2-86.1

Female

354

12.8

8.9-18.0

9.8

6.7-14.2

272

77.4

71.5-82.4

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

409

14.6

10.9-19.2

10.2

6.7-15.1

308

75.3

69.5-80.2

Non-Hispanic Black

147

***

8.2

4.6-14.2

122

86.2

79.0-91.2

Other

***

86.1

75.3-92.6

AGE

45-64

355

11.4

8.1-15.8

8.7

5.5-13.7

287

79.8

74.2-84.6

65+

267

12.0

7.8-17.9

10.6

6.8-16.1

198

77.4

70.5-83.1

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

166

11.3

6.3-19.6

10.2

5.1-19.6

136

78.4

68.4-85.9

Some Post-H.S.

143

8.9

5.2-15.0

11.0

6.6-17.7

110

80.1

72.2-86.1

College Graduate

313

13.4

9.7-18.2

7.6

5.1-11.0

240

79.1

73.8-83.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

202

11.6

6.6-19.6

13.2

8.4-20.1

154

75.1

66.5-82.2

$50,000+

299

10.7

7.6-14.8

7.2

4.6-11.2

236

82.1

77.0-86.3

Don't know/Not sure or Refused

122

13.6

7.9-22.4

***

77.8

66.0-86.4

Back to Falls (Age 45+).

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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