2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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%)
North Carolina 2,542 300 11.8 10.1-13.6 332 12.1 10.4-14.1 1,910 76.1 73.6-78.4
Medicaid Region 1 359 52 12.8 9.0-17.9 58 15.3 10.4-22.0 249 71.9 64.5-78.2
GENDER
Male 147 26 14.7 8.8-23.6 24 12.4 7.0-21.1 97 72.8 61.4-81.8
Female 212 26 11.1 6.6-18.2 34 17.9 10.7-28.4 152 71.0 60.5-79.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 304 48 13.3 9.2-18.9 47 15.1 10.0-22.1 209 71.6 63.7-78.3
Non-Hispanic Black 18 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 33 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 163 18 6.5 3.8-10.9 31 18.1 10.7-29.1 114 75.4 64.5-83.7
65+ 195 33 19.7 12.7-29.1 27 12.2 7.1-20.1 135 68.1 58.0-76.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 118 18 14.1 8.0-23.6 19 11.3 6.3-19.6 81 74.6 63.7-83.1
College Graduate 146 23 13.4 8.2-21.0 20 12.8 7.4-21.3 103 73.8 64.1-81.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 122 15 7.0 3.4-14.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 147 21 13.3 8.0-21.2 21 13.7 8.2-22.0 105 73.0 63.3-80.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 90 *** *** *** 14 13.0 6.0-26.0 *** *** ***

Back to Falls (Age 45+).

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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