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. 2022 Jun 4;22:486. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03158-5

Table 2.

Prevalence of falls across various individual attributes

Socio-demographic characteristics Categories n, % (95% CI)
Age (years) 60–69 1930, 12.4 (11.9–12.9)
70–79 929, 12.2 (11.5–13.0)
 ≥ 80 371, 14.3 (13.0–15.7)
Sex Male 1438, 11.4 (10.9–12.0)
Female 1791, 13.6 (13.0–14.2)
Residence Rural 2468, 13.4 (12.9–13.9)
Urban 762, 10.3 (9.6–11.0)
Education Formal education 1310, 11.7 (11.1–12.3)
No formal education 1920, 13.2 (12.6–13.8)
Caste Scheduled Caste 647, 13.5 (12.5–14.4)
Scheduled Tribe 234, 11.1 (9.8–12.5)
Other Backward Class 1383, 11.8 (11.2–12.4)
Others 932, 13.4 (12.6–14.3)
Working status Currently working 1103, 13.3 (12.5–14.0)
Currently not working 2127, 12.2 (11.7–12.7)
Partner status Living with partner 1937, 11.8 (11.3–12.3)
Not living with partner 1267, 13.9 (13.2–14.6)
Wealth Index Most deprived 646, 11.5 (10.7–12.4)
2 765, 13.6 (12.7–14.5)
3 630, 11.8 (10.9–12.7)
4 647, 12.8 (11.9–13.8)
Most affluent 542, 13.1 (12.1–14.2)
Alcohol consumption Yes 500, 13.1 (12.0–14.2)
No 2728, 12.5 (12.1–12.9)
Tobacco consumption Smoking 441, 10.6 (9.7–11.6)
Smokeless 829, 15.3 (14.4–16.3)
Dual 105, 12.3 (10.1–14.7)
Abstainer 1851, 12.1 (11.6–12.6)
Region North 270, 12.8 (11.4–14.3)
Central 844, 12.2 (11.5–13.0)
East 897, 15.2 (14.3–16.2)
North-east 74, 9.8 (7.8–12.2)
West 652, 15.0 (14.0–16.1)
South 493, 8.5 (7.8–9.3)