2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

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
Region 7 403 44 10.3 7.2-14.5 37 8.5 5.8-12.3 322 81.2 76.2-85.4
GENDER
Male 176 15 5.5 2.9-10.2 13 7.0 3.7-13.1 148 87.5 80.8-92.1
Female 227 29 14.5 9.6-21.3 24 9.8 6.1-15.4 174 75.7 68.1-82.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 246 28 10.6 6.8-16.1 25 10.8 6.9-16.6 193 78.6 71.7-84.2
Non-Hispanic Black 97 12 10.8 5.4-20.4 *** *** *** 79 85.3 75.6-91.6
Other 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
45-64 221 20 10.0 6.2-16.0 18 6.0 3.6- 9.9 183 83.9 77.6-88.8
65+ 180 22 9.0 5.4-14.4 19 12.8 7.4-21.2 139 78.2 69.7-84.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** 80 87.7 77.6-93.7
Some Post-H.S. 98 13 13.9 7.7-23.7 13 13.0 6.8-23.4 *** *** ***
College Graduate 210 26 12.2 7.6-18.9 15 6.1 3.5-10.6 169 81.7 74.6-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 107 13 8.2 4.2-15.4 14 10.9 5.9-19.4 80 80.9 71.2-87.9
$50,000+ 217 24 10.6 6.6-16.6 17 7.7 4.4-13.3 176 81.7 74.6-87.1
Don't know/Not Sure 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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