Table 3. Distribution of the elderly people according to the occurrence of falls, in relation to the variable of health status assessment in the municipality of Patos (PB), 2016.

Health status assessment	Overall		No falls		With falls		P1
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Very good	83	26.3	53	63.9	30	36.1	< 0.001
Good	144	45.6	38	26.4	106	73.6
Normal	84	26.6	13	15.5	71	84.5
Poor	3	0.9	1	33.3	2	66.7
Very poor	2	0.6	0	0.0	2	100

¹Chi-square test.