2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 2,542 300 11.8 10.1-13.6 332 12.1 10.4-14.1 1,910 76.1 73.6-78.4
GENDER
Male 1,062 111 10.2 8.0-13.0 128 11.8 9.2-15.1 823 78.0 74.2-81.3
Female 1,480 189 13.1 10.8-15.8 204 12.4 10.2-15.0 1,087 74.5 71.2-77.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,386 286 12.1 10.4-14.1 313 12.2 10.4-14.3 1,787 75.7 73.1-78.1
No 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** 97 81.0 70.8-88.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 578 56 10.2 7.4-13.8 71 9.9 7.0-13.7 451 80.0 75.2-84.0
Overweight 877 104 11.4 8.7-14.8 101 11.8 8.8-15.7 672 76.8 72.3-80.8
Obese 901 119 13.4 10.5-16.8 140 14.1 11.3-17.6 642 72.5 68.2-76.4
Current Smoker
Yes 312 35 11.8 7.8-17.6 62 16.1 10.5-23.9 215 72.1 63.7-79.2
No 2,204 263 11.8 10.0-13.8 267 11.5 9.7-13.5 1,674 76.8 74.2-79.1
History of CVD**
Yes 394 43 9.8 6.5-14.3 90 23.6 17.5-31.0 261 66.7 59.2-73.4
No 2,129 254 12.2 10.3-14.3 238 9.7 8.1-11.5 1,637 78.2 75.6-80.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 188 *** *** *** 24 10.8 6.6-17.3 148 79.7 71.3-86.1
No 2,242 271 11.9 10.1-13.9 296 12.4 10.5-14.6 1,675 75.7 73.1-78.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 123 *** *** *** 17 11.5 6.3-20.1 95 81.5 72.2-88.3
No 2,315 276 11.8 10.1-13.7 304 12.3 10.4-14.4 1,735 76.0 73.4-78.4
COPD
Yes 272 33 13.1 8.4-19.9 72 27.2 19.8-36.2 167 59.6 50.7-68.0
No 2,260 267 11.7 10.0-13.7 257 10.3 8.6-12.2 1,736 78.0 75.5-80.3
Current Asthma
Yes 296 39 11.6 7.9-16.8 69 21.7 15.8-28.9 188 66.7 59.0-73.6
No 2,234 259 11.7 9.9-13.7 262 11.0 9.2-13.1 1,713 77.3 74.7-79.7
Diabetes
Yes 494 67 12.9 9.5-17.4 94 18.7 13.7-25.1 333 68.3 61.8-74.2
No 2,044 233 11.5 9.7-13.6 238 10.6 8.9-12.5 1,573 77.9 75.3-80.3
Functional Disability
Yes 955 144 15.3 12.4-18.8 240 25.0 21.0-29.5 571 59.7 55.0-64.2
No 1,566 149 9.4 7.5-11.7 91 4.6 3.5- 5.9 1,326 86.0 83.6-88.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 921 129 14.2 11.4-17.6 217 24.3 20.2-29.0 575 61.5 56.7-66.0
No 1,620 171 10.5 8.6-12.9 115 5.8 4.6- 7.4 1,334 83.6 81.0-86.0

Back to Falls (Age 45+).

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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