Description
For all sample adults in 2008 and, beginning in 2016, for sample adults who had a balance or dizziness problem in the past 12 months or who had at least one symptom of a balance or dizziness problem in the past 12 months in, FEL5YR indicates whether the person fell at least one time in the past 5 years. Interviewers told the persons that a fall was defined as, "unexpectedly dropping to the floor or ground from a standing, walking or bending position."
The question for this variable was part of the Sample Adult Balance Supplement, sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
