2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 4,607 3,363 74.4 72.7-76.0 1,244 25.6 24.0-27.3
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 771 565 74.9 70.0-79.2 206 25.1 20.8-30.0
Region 3 & 5 868 658 76.3 72.7-79.5 210 23.7 20.5-27.3
Region 4 634 486 74.8 70.6-78.6 148 25.2 21.4-29.4
Region 6 & 7 949 704 74.3 70.5-77.7 245 25.7 22.3-29.5
Region 8 687 465 71.8 67.4-75.8 222 28.2 24.2-32.6
Region 9 & 10 700 485 70.2 65.8-74.2 215 29.8 25.8-34.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,845 1,274 71.3 68.5-73.9 571 28.7 26.1-31.5
Piedmont 1,864 1,432 75.9 73.5-78.2 432 24.1 21.8-26.5
Western NC 900 657 74.8 70.5-78.6 243 25.2 21.4-29.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 688 507 77.6 73.2-81.5 181 22.4 18.5-26.8
Northwest 593 429 72.6 67.7-77.0 164 27.4 23.0-32.3
Charlotte 516 390 73.9 69.2-78.2 126 26.1 21.8-30.8
Greensboro 354 277 78.6 73.0-83.3 77 21.4 16.7-27.0
Southern Regional 659 449 70.4 65.2-75.1 210 29.6 24.9-34.8
Southeast 289 203 70.4 63.9-76.2 86 29.6 23.8-36.1
Wake 600 480 78.7 74.2-82.5 120 21.3 17.5-25.8
Area L & Eastern 910 628 68.5 64.1-72.5 282 31.5 27.5-35.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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