2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 4,724 3,542 76.1 74.5-77.6 1,182 23.9 22.4-25.5
Medicaid Region 2 661 505 77.1 73.2-80.5 156 22.9 19.5-26.8
GENDER
Male 303 240 80.9 75.4-85.5 63 19.1 14.5-24.6
Female 358 265 73.6 68.0-78.5 93 26.4 21.5-32.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 482 367 76.3 71.6-80.4 115 23.7 19.6-28.4
Non-Hispanic Black 112 86 77.2 67.3-84.8 26 22.8 15.2-32.7
Other 67 52 82.0 70.5-89.7 15 18.0 10.3-29.5
AGE
18-44 216 179 82.2 75.8-87.3 37 17.8 12.7-24.2
45-64 231 173 74.4 67.7-80.2 58 25.6 19.8-32.3
65+ 203 146 71.0 63.0-77.9 57 29.0 22.1-37.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 238 153 66.4 59.1-72.9 85 33.6 27.1-40.9
Some Post-H.S. 196 161 81.8 74.9-87.0 35 18.2 13.0-25.1
College Graduate 224 188 87.1 81.9-91.0 36 12.9 9.0-18.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 274 199 72.3 65.7-78.1 75 27.7 21.9-34.3
$50,000+ 248 212 86.1 80.6-90.3 36 13.9 9.7-19.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 133 90 70.9 61.3-78.9 43 29.1 21.1-38.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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