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Falls
In the past 3 months, have you had a fall?
Denominator excludes respondents less than 45 years of age, respondents with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
6456 |
11.9 |
11.0-12.8 |
88.1 |
87.2-89.0 |
Falls by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
|
45-54 |
2334 |
12.5 |
10.9-14.1 |
87.5 |
85.9-89.1 |
55-64 |
1680 |
11.1 |
9.43-12.9 |
88.8 |
87.1-90.6 |
65+ |
2442 |
11.8 |
10.4-13.3 |
88.1 |
86.7-89.6 |
Falls by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
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Male |
2525 |
11.4 |
9.98-12.8 |
88.6 |
87.2-90.0 |
Female |
3931 |
12.3 |
11.1-13.5 |
87.7 |
86.5-88.9 |
Falls by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
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Yes
|
C.I.
|
No
|
C.I.
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< $15,000 |
499 |
13.6 |
9.84-17.3 |
86.4 |
82.7-90.2 |
$15,000-24,999 |
895 |
13.6 |
11.1-16.2 |
86.4 |
83.8-88.9 |
$25,000-34,999 |
604 |
16.0 |
12.3-19.6 |
84.0 |
80.4-87.7 |
$35,000-49,999 |
846 |
12.3 |
9.88-14.7 |
87.7 |
85.3-90.1 |
$50,000-74,999 |
880 |
11.6 |
9.22-14.0 |
88.4 |
86.0-90.8 |
$75,000+ |
1743 |
9.7 |
8.08-11.3 |
90.3 |
88.7-91.9 |
Falls by Education
|
Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Yes
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C.I.
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No
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C.I.
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Less than H.S. |
591 |
12.9 |
9.72-16.0 |
87.1 |
84.0-90.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
1955 |
12.2 |
10.4-13.9 |
87.8 |
86.1-89.6 |
Some Post-H.S. |
1416 |
12.0 |
10.1-13.9 |
88.0 |
86.1-89.9 |
College Graduate |
2477 |
11.4 |
9.91-12.8 |
88.6 |
87.2-90.1 |
Falls by Race/Ethnicity
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Racial/ Ethnic Group
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Total # of Respondents
|
Yes
|
C.I.
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No
|
C.I.
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White/ Non-Hispanic
|
5310 |
12.3 |
11.3-13.3 |
87.7 |
86.7-88.7 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
506 |
10.7 |
7.62-13.8 |
89.3 |
86.2-92.4 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
186 |
6.7 |
2.47-11.0 |
93.3 |
88.8-97.7 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
32 |
20.3 |
5.99-34.6 |
79.7 |
64.9-94.5 |
Hispanic |
351 |
12.0 |
8.11-15.9 |
88.0 |
84.1-91.9 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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