2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Exercise

Physical Activity Categories (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Highly active Active Insufficently active Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,965 1,737 27.8 26.5-29.3 1,189 20.0 18.8-21.3 1,295 23.3 22.0-24.6 1,744 28.9 27.5-30.3
Region 8 577 168 27.8 23.8-32.3 109 19.5 15.9-23.7 119 21.4 17.7-25.7 181 31.2 26.9-35.9
GENDER
Male 240 76 30.7 24.4-37.8 45 19.6 14.4-26.0 50 19.7 14.6-26.0 69 30.1 23.7-37.4
Female 337 92 24.9 20.0-30.6 64 19.5 14.8-25.2 69 23.2 18.2-29.1 112 32.4 26.9-38.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 382 122 30.9 25.7-36.5 79 21.7 17.2-27.1 71 20.2 15.8-25.4 110 27.2 22.4-32.6
Non-Hispanic Black 109 22 21.2 13.4-31.8 19 19.0 11.5-29.7 27 21.7 14.5-31.1 *** *** ***
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 48 26.4 19.9-34.0 40 22.9 16.8-30.4 53 25.5 19.4-32.8 43 25.3 18.8-33.0
44-64 222 56 24.5 18.7-31.4 36 15.2 10.6-21.2 52 24.0 18.0-31.1 78 36.3 29.4-43.9
65+ 167 64 36.9 29.0-45.5 33 19.1 13.4-26.6 14 8.6 4.8-14.9 56 35.4 27.2-44.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 236 50 22.0 16.4-28.9 35 15.6 10.9-21.7 44 19.4 14.1-26.0 107 43.0 35.8-50.5
Some College + 339 117 32.8 27.2-38.8 74 23.2 18.1-29.2 74 23.0 18.1-28.6 74 21.1 16.4-26.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 277 68 25.0 19.6-31.3 39 15.1 10.6-21.0 67 23.0 17.8-29.1 103 36.9 30.5-43.8
$50,000+ 193 73 32.6 25.4-40.7 55 30.0 22.9-38.3 36 22.6 16.1-30.7 29 14.8 9.7-21.9

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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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