2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 371 43 13.8 9.6-19.6 44 13.5 9.2-19.5 284 72.6 65.7-78.6
GENDER
Male 148 17 13.0 7.3-22.1 15 12.2 6.2-22.5 116 74.8 63.8-83.3
Female 223 26 14.5 9.0-22.7 29 14.7 9.2-22.6 168 70.7 61.6-78.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 289 35 14.5 9.7-21.1 34 11.0 7.2-16.6 220 74.4 67.1-80.6
Non-Hispanic Black 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 202 25 16.8 10.6-25.6 22 10.2 5.7-17.7 155 73.0 63.5-80.7
65+ 169 18 9.8 5.4-17.1 22 18.1 10.8-28.7 129 72.2 61.4-80.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 92 *** *** *** 13 14.5 7.7-25.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 169 18 11.9 7.0-19.5 18 10.1 5.8-16.8 133 78.0 69.4-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 117 19 17.0 10.0-27.6 20 18.7 10.9-30.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 158 14 12.5 6.5-22.8 13 6.5 3.5-11.6 131 81.0 71.2-88.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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