2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 687 465 71.8 67.4-75.8 222 28.2 24.2-32.6
GENDER
Male 301 210 73.2 66.9-78.7 91 26.8 21.3-33.1
Female 386 255 70.4 64.1-76.0 131 29.6 24.0-35.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 389 275 73.8 68.4-78.5 114 26.2 21.5-31.6
Non-Hispanic Black 134 92 68.0 57.0-77.4 *** *** ***
Other 164 98 67.3 56.4-76.7 66 32.7 23.3-43.6
AGE
18-44 215 168 85.4 79.5-89.8 47 14.6 10.2-20.5
45-64 242 153 62.1 54.1-69.5 89 37.9 30.5-45.9
65+ 227 141 57.2 48.4-65.5 86 42.8 34.5-51.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 291 169 60.8 53.4-67.7 122 39.2 32.3-46.6
Some College + 395 295 81.0 76.2-85.1 100 19.0 14.9-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 359 231 69.3 62.9-75.1 128 30.7 24.9-37.1
$50,000+ 201 154 77.6 70.1-83.7 47 22.4 16.3-29.9

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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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