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2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Exercise

During the past month, other than your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises
such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,278 4,607 73.8 72.5-75.1 1,671 26.2 24.9-27.5
Region 5 763 578 74.9 71.1-78.4 185 25.1 21.6-28.9
GENDER
Male 323 259 77.8 71.8-82.8 64 22.2 17.2-28.2
Female 440 319 72.4 67.2-77.1 121 27.6 22.9-32.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 464 371 78.4 73.5-82.6 93 21.6 17.4-26.5
Non-Hispanic Black 175 122 70.6 62.3-77.7 53 29.4 22.3-37.7
Other 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 284 222 78.4 72.3-83.4 62 21.6 16.6-27.7
44-64 269 207 73.1 66.4-78.9 62 26.9 21.1-33.6
65+ 197 140 70.1 61.6-77.4 57 29.9 22.6-38.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 259 163 63.9 56.7-70.5 96 36.1 29.5-43.3
Some College + 498 410 82.1 77.9-85.7 88 17.9 14.3-22.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 231 71.8 65.9-77.1 96 28.2 22.9-34.1
$50,000+ 285 242 82.8 76.6-87.6 43 17.2 12.4-23.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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