2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Exercise

Physical Activity Categories (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Highly active Active Insufficently active Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,381 1,316 28.7 27.0-30.4 814 19.5 17.9-21.1 917 22.8 21.2-24.5 1,334 29.1 27.3-30.9
Region 8 643 178 27.7 23.5-32.2 102 16.9 13.5-21.0 127 23.2 19.2-27.9 236 32.2 27.9-36.8
GENDER
Male 290 77 26.4 20.6-33.0 45 17.3 12.5-23.3 70 26.9 21.0-33.9 98 29.4 23.7-36.0
Female 353 101 29.0 23.4-35.3 57 16.6 12.1-22.3 57 19.4 14.3-25.7 138 35.0 28.9-41.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 373 125 31.5 26.2-37.3 64 19.0 14.6-24.4 60 19.4 14.8-25.0 124 30.2 25.1-35.8
Non-Hispanic Black 118 25 22.2 13.8-33.6 28 19.0 12.3-28.2 23 24.2 15.4-35.9 *** *** ***
Other 152 28 16.0 10.0-24.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 207 51 27.2 20.6-34.9 36 19.3 13.7-26.6 64 33.9 26.7-41.9 56 19.6 14.4-26.1
45-64 231 53 24.7 18.6-32.1 39 17.9 12.7-24.6 47 17.2 12.2-23.7 92 40.2 32.5-48.3
65+ 205 74 33.0 25.6-41.4 27 10.2 6.4-15.8 16 8.9 5.0-15.3 88 47.9 39.1-56.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 57 23.6 17.6-31.0 38 14.4 9.6-20.8 43 17.7 12.4-24.5 128 44.4 37.0-52.0
Some College + 377 121 30.9 25.6-36.9 64 19.0 14.5-24.5 84 27.8 22.2-34.2 108 22.3 17.8-27.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 335 86 27.6 21.8-34.3 49 15.0 10.7-20.8 64 22.6 17.1-29.2 136 34.8 28.6-41.5
$50,000+ 195 66 30.0 23.2-37.9 37 21.6 15.4-29.6 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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