2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 617 76 16.4 11.7-22.5 84 15.8 11.0-22.1 457 67.8 61.2-73.8
GENDER
Male 241 26 20.0 11.8-31.7 34 20.9 12.8-32.3 *** *** ***
Female 376 50 13.7 8.8-20.7 50 11.9 7.0-19.5 276 74.4 66.0-81.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 269 40 17.9 11.8-26.2 38 13.7 8.6-21.0 191 68.4 59.7-76.1
Non-Hispanic Black 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 228 22 13.2 6.0-26.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 333 38 14.4 9.0-22.4 43 14.6 9.4-22.2 252 70.9 62.0-78.5
65+ 282 37 18.9 11.4-29.7 41 17.5 9.9-29.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 199 30 18.5 11.6-28.1 24 14.9 8.3-25.4 *** *** ***
College Graduate 222 27 15.1 9.0-24.3 28 17.6 11.2-26.7 167 67.2 57.1-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 238 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 233 25 13.3 7.8-21.5 27 15.9 9.7-24.9 181 70.9 61.0-79.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 19 10.4 5.3-19.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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