2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 646 283 44.7 39.9-49.6 127 23.2 19.1-27.8 236 32.1 27.8-36.7
GENDER
Male 291 123 43.7 36.9-50.7 70 26.9 20.9-33.8 98 29.4 23.6-35.9
Female 355 160 45.8 39.2-52.5 57 19.3 14.3-25.6 138 34.9 28.8-41.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 375 191 50.6 44.6-56.6 60 19.3 14.7-24.9 124 30.1 25.0-35.7
Non-Hispanic Black 118 *** *** *** 23 24.2 15.4-35.9 *** *** ***
Other 153 39 20.6 13.7-29.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 209 89 46.7 38.9-54.7 64 33.7 26.6-41.8 56 19.5 14.3-26.0
45-64 231 92 42.6 35.0-50.6 47 17.2 12.2-23.7 92 40.2 32.5-48.3
65+ 206 102 43.4 35.1-52.1 16 8.9 5.0-15.3 88 47.7 38.9-56.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 267 96 38.1 30.9-45.9 43 17.6 12.4-24.4 128 44.3 36.9-52.0
Some College + 379 187 50.1 43.8-56.4 84 27.7 22.1-34.1 108 22.2 17.7-27.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 336 136 42.8 36.1-49.8 64 22.5 17.0-29.2 136 34.7 28.5-41.4
$50,000+ 195 103 51.7 43.3-59.9 42 23.0 16.6-31.0 50 25.3 18.8-33.2

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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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