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Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the pre- and post- intervention surveys (2002 and 2006, respectively) from Wide Bay, Qld, and Northern Rivers, NSW

From: The population approach to falls injury prevention in older people: findings of a two community trial

	Wide Bay					Northern Rivers
	Pre		Post			Pre		Post
Demographic	N	%	N	%	p-value	N	%	N	%	p-value
Gender					0.78					0.86
Male	801	50.0	818	50.5		800	50.0	811	49.7
Female	800	50.0	801	49.5		801	50.0	822	50.3
Age-group					0.011					0.001
60-64 yrs	396	24.8	454	28.2		335	21.0	408	25.1
65-69 yrs	394	24.6	399	24.8		369	23.1	341	21.0
70-74 yrs	351	22.0	295	18.3		339	21.2	297	18.3
75-79 yrs	249	15.6	216	13.4		301	18.9	268	16.5
80-84 yrs	127	7.9	158	9.8		150	9.4	204	12.6
85+ yrs	82	5.1	89	5.5		102	6.4	107	6.6
Education					<0.001					<0.001
University	126	7.9	148	9.2		189	11.8	191	11.8
Trade/technical	408	25.6	245	15.2		433	27.1	270	16.7
Senior high-school	129	8.1	146	9.1		133	8.3	160	9.9
Junior high-school	317	19.9	424	26.4		396	24.8	522	32.3
Primary or less	613	38.5	644	40.1		444	27.8	474	29.3
Employment status					<0.001					<0.001
Retired	1186	74.2	1285	79.4		1169	73.0	1297	79.6
Employed/student/volunteer	202	12.6	215	13.3		212	13.2	234	14.4
Home duties/carer	158	9.9	73	4.5		180	11.2	61	3.7
Unemployed/not working	52	3.3	46	2.8		40	2.5	38	2.3
General health					0.93					0.31
Excellent	228	14.3	235	14.5		245	15.4	228	14.0
Very good	454	28.5	470	29.1		486	30.5	525	32.2
Good	506	31.7	517	32.0		528	33.1	515	31.6
Fair	304	19.1	288	17.8		269	16.9	273	16.8
Poor	102	6.4	106	6.6		67	4.2	88	5.4

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