2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Exercise

Adults that participated in 300 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 300+ minutes 1-300 minutes 0 minutes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,381 1,316 28.7 27.0-30.4 1,731 42.3 40.3-44.2 1,334 29.1 27.3-30.9
Region 8 643 178 27.7 23.5-32.2 229 40.2 35.4-45.2 236 32.2 27.9-36.8
GENDER
Male 290 77 26.4 20.6-33.0 115 44.2 37.3-51.3 98 29.4 23.7-36.0
Female 353 101 29.0 23.4-35.3 114 36.0 29.6-42.9 138 35.0 28.9-41.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 373 125 31.5 26.2-37.3 124 38.4 32.5-44.6 124 30.2 25.1-35.8
Non-Hispanic Black 118 25 22.2 13.8-33.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 152 28 16.0 10.0-24.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 207 51 27.2 20.6-34.9 100 53.2 45.3-61.0 56 19.6 14.4-26.1
45-64 231 53 24.7 18.6-32.1 86 35.1 28.1-42.8 92 40.2 32.5-48.3
65+ 205 74 33.0 25.6-41.4 43 19.1 13.4-26.4 88 47.9 39.1-56.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 57 23.6 17.6-31.0 81 32.0 25.2-39.7 128 44.4 37.0-52.0
Some College + 377 121 30.9 25.6-36.9 148 46.8 40.6-53.1 108 22.3 17.8-27.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 335 86 27.6 21.8-34.3 113 37.6 31.0-44.7 136 34.8 28.6-41.5
$50,000+ 195 66 30.0 23.2-37.9 79 44.6 36.5-53.1 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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