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Falls
Were you injured? (Fall caused you to limit your regular activities for at least a day to go see a doctor)
Denominator excludes respondents less than 45 years of age, respondents not reporting having fallen in the past 3 months, respondents with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
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All Adults |
794 |
37.5 |
33.6-41.5 |
62.4 |
58.5-66.4 |
Fall injury by Age
|
Age Group
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Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
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45-54 |
301 |
42.8 |
36.0-49.5 |
57.2 |
50.5-64.0 |
55-64 |
204 |
33.8 |
26.2-41.4 |
66.2 |
58.4-74.0 |
65+ |
289 |
34.5 |
28.2-40.8 |
65.5 |
59.2-71.8 |
Fall injury by Sex
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Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
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Male |
295 |
27.0 |
21.2-32.8 |
73.0 |
67.2-78.8 |
Female |
499 |
45.8 |
40.5-51.0 |
54.3 |
49.0-59.5 |
Fall injury by Income
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Income Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
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< $15,000 |
70 |
49.5 |
34.7-64.2 |
50.5 |
35.8-65.3 |
$15,000-24,999 |
128 |
33.4 |
24.4-42.4 |
66.6 |
57.6-75.6 |
$25,000-34,999 |
92 |
45.2 |
32.8-57.6 |
54.8 |
42.2-67.3 |
$35,000-49,999 |
110 |
33.7 |
24.1-43.4 |
66.3 |
56.6-75.9 |
$50,000-74,999 |
109 |
35.8 |
24.9-46.7 |
64.2 |
53.3-75.1 |
$75,000+ |
179 |
27.9 |
19.9-35.9 |
72.1 |
64.1-80.1 |
Fall injury by Education
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Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Less than H.S. |
79 |
43.2 |
30.7-55.8 |
56.8 |
43.9-69.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
235 |
42.3 |
34.8-49.9 |
57.7 |
50.1-65.2 |
Some Post-H.S. |
185 |
37.7 |
29.7-45.6 |
62.3 |
54.4-70.3 |
College Graduate |
293 |
31.0 |
24.6-37.5 |
69.0 |
62.5-75.4 |
Fall injury by Race/Ethnicity
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Racial/ Ethnic Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
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White/ Non-Hispanic
|
665 |
37.1 |
32.9-41.3 |
62.9 |
58.7-67.1 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
58 |
52.7 |
37.7-67.7 |
47.3 |
32.3-62.3 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
13 |
39.0 |
6.71-71.3 |
61.0 |
28.7-93.3 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
7 |
|
- |
100.0 |
0100-0100 |
Hispanic |
42 |
31.8 |
16.9-46.8 |
68.1 |
52.2-84.1 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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