2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 6,527 4,925 76.7 75.4-78.0 1,602 23.3 22.0-24.6
Region 8 590 430 73.4 69.1-77.2 160 26.6 22.8-30.9
GENDER
Male 277 214 77.8 71.8-82.9 63 22.2 17.1-28.2
Female 313 216 69.1 62.9-74.7 97 30.9 25.3-37.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 366 268 74.5 69.2-79.1 98 25.5 20.9-30.8
Non-Hispanic Black 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 75 77.1 66.2-85.2 23 22.9 14.8-33.8
AGE
18-44 192 155 81.3 74.6-86.5 37 18.7 13.5-25.4
45-64 215 156 69.8 62.3-76.3 59 30.2 23.7-37.7
65+ 180 118 61.7 53.4-69.4 62 38.3 30.6-46.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 271 171 63.8 56.9-70.2 100 36.2 29.8-43.1
Some College + 318 258 82.8 78.0-86.8 60 17.2 13.2-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 206 68.0 61.7-73.8 99 32.0 26.2-38.3
$50,000+ 165 141 84.8 77.5-90.0 24 15.2 10.0-22.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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