Fear of falling and associated activity restriction in older people. results of a cross-sectional study conducted in a Belgian town

Table 1 Characteristics of participants and of Fontaine l'Evêque, Walloon and Belgian populations aged 65 years old and over living at home [FLE survey, 2006]

	Participants (total n = 419)		FLE population, aged 65 years and over living at home (2006)^a			Walloon population, aged 65 years and over living at home (2006)^b			Belgian population, aged 65 years and over living at home (2006)^c
	n	%	n	%	p^d	n	%	p^e	n	%	p^f
Gender	416		2 756		0.119	539 234		0.590	1 712 256		0.867
Female		57.7		61.7			59.0			57.3
Age (in years)	419		2 756		0.719	539 234		0.742	1 712 256		0.359
65 - 74		51.3		51.5			53.1			54.7
75 - 84		40.6		41.5			38.8			37.3
85 and over		8.1		7.0			8.1			8.0
Does the person live alone?	415		2 756		0.866	539 234		0.277	1 712 256		0.039
Yes		36.4		36.0			33.9			31.7
Number of falls within the past 12 months	414			DU			DU			DU
0		68.4
1		12.3
2 or more		19.3

^{a, b, c} Data on 1st January 2006 (data provided by the FPS Economy, S.M.E.s, Self-employed and Energy - Statistics Belgium).
^{d, e, f} Comparison between the characteristics of the participants and those of FLE, Walloon and Belgian populations aged 65 years old and over living at home.
DU: data unavailable

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