2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 6 868 617 73.5 69.6-77.1 251 26.5 22.9-30.4
GENDER
Male 400 286 73.3 67.5-78.4 114 26.7 21.6-32.5
Female 468 331 73.7 68.3-78.5 137 26.3 21.5-31.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 550 409 75.1 70.1-79.4 141 24.9 20.6-29.9
Non-Hispanic Black 235 155 70.3 62.1-77.3 80 29.7 22.7-37.9
Other 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 267 210 79.4 73.1-84.5 57 20.6 15.5-26.9
45-64 316 215 71.4 64.6-77.4 101 28.6 22.6-35.4
65+ 273 183 63.3 55.3-70.7 90 36.7 29.3-44.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 353 216 66.7 60.4-72.4 137 33.3 27.6-39.6
Some Post-H.S. 258 189 76.0 68.7-82.0 69 24.0 18.0-31.3
College Graduate 256 211 84.4 78.6-88.9 45 15.6 11.1-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 427 272 67.1 61.2-72.5 155 32.9 27.5-38.8
$50,000+ 273 230 85.6 79.9-89.9 43 14.4 10.1-20.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 111 70.8 61.0-78.9 50 29.2 21.1-39.0

Back to Exercise.

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 19AUG19.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts