2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 821 589 72.8 68.9-76.3 232 27.2 23.7-31.1
GENDER
Male 383 282 75.7 70.3-80.3 101 24.3 19.7-29.7
Female 438 307 70.1 64.5-75.1 131 29.9 24.9-35.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 506 388 77.5 72.9-81.5 118 22.5 18.5-27.1
Non-Hispanic Black 163 104 66.5 57.3-74.5 59 33.5 25.5-42.7
Other 152 97 62.7 52.5-71.9 55 37.3 28.1-47.5
AGE
18-44 294 236 79.4 73.6-84.2 58 20.6 15.8-26.4
45-64 261 173 69.1 61.9-75.5 88 30.9 24.5-38.1
65+ 247 167 64.1 56.1-71.3 80 35.9 28.7-43.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 312 184 61.5 54.8-67.8 128 38.5 32.2-45.2
Some Post-H.S. 250 188 78.9 72.3-84.2 62 21.1 15.8-27.7
College Graduate 258 216 83.6 77.7-88.2 42 16.4 11.8-22.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 413 261 63.7 57.9-69.1 152 36.3 30.9-42.1
$50,000+ 255 221 85.7 79.6-90.2 34 14.3 9.8-20.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 143 100 73.6 63.8-81.5 43 26.4 18.5-36.2

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