2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 & 5 Demographics

Exercise

Adults that participated in 150 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 150+ minutes 1-149 minutes 0 minutes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,398 2,147 48.3 46.4-50.3 917 22.7 21.1-24.5 1,334 29.0 27.2-30.8
Region 3 & 5 840 433 52.4 48.4-56.5 185 21.6 18.5-25.1 222 25.9 22.5-29.7
GENDER
Male 356 170 47.8 41.6-54.0 87 24.7 19.7-30.4 99 27.6 22.5-33.3
Female 484 263 56.7 51.3-61.9 98 18.9 15.1-23.3 123 24.5 20.1-29.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 576 310 53.3 48.5-58.1 122 21.9 18.2-26.2 144 24.7 20.8-29.2
Non-Hispanic Black 153 74 53.2 43.1-63.0 35 19.3 13.1-27.5 44 27.5 19.8-36.9
Other 111 *** *** *** 28 23.2 14.9-34.1 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 303 151 51.2 44.6-57.8 92 28.8 23.2-35.1 60 20.0 15.2-25.7
45-64 308 159 54.3 47.7-60.7 63 18.9 14.4-24.4 86 26.9 21.5-33.0
65+ 229 123 52.0 43.9-60.0 30 11.0 7.4-16.2 76 37.0 29.3-45.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 270 110 43.9 36.9-51.2 53 19.8 14.7-26.2 107 36.3 29.8-43.3
Some College + 570 323 57.5 52.5-62.2 132 22.7 18.8-27.0 115 19.9 16.2-24.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 165 46.3 40.2-52.4 82 22.0 17.3-27.6 125 31.7 26.4-37.7
$50,000+ 352 213 60.0 53.7-66.0 80 22.4 17.7-27.9 59 17.6 13.3-23.0

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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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