2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 769 565 75.3 70.7-79.3 204 24.7 20.7-29.3
Region 3 400 297 74.2 68.8-78.9 103 25.8 21.1-31.2
Region 4 714 548 77.0 73.2-80.5 166 23.0 19.5-26.8
Region 5 559 458 81.7 77.6-85.1 101 18.3 14.9-22.4
Region 6 426 317 73.5 68.1-78.3 109 26.5 21.7-31.9
Region 7 623 491 76.6 72.1-80.6 132 23.4 19.4-27.9
Region 8 536 383 73.7 69.1-77.8 153 26.3 22.2-30.9
Region 9 & 10 703 489 72.3 67.8-76.3 214 27.7 23.7-32.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,704 1,216 73.5 70.8-76.1 488 26.5 23.9-29.2
Piedmont 2,134 1,677 77.9 75.7-80.0 457 22.1 20.0-24.3
Western NC 892 655 74.0 69.9-77.8 237 26.0 22.2-30.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 680 505 78.5 74.3-82.1 175 21.5 17.9-25.7
Northwest 648 475 73.1 68.7-77.1 173 26.9 22.9-31.3
Charlotte 565 436 77.6 73.3-81.3 129 22.4 18.7-26.7
Greensboro 450 366 80.4 75.7-84.4 84 19.6 15.6-24.3
Southern Regional 532 373 72.2 67.4-76.6 159 27.8 23.4-32.6
Southeast 271 202 74.8 68.2-80.5 69 25.2 19.5-31.8
Wake 683 545 77.9 73.7-81.6 138 22.1 18.4-26.3
Area L & Eastern 901 646 74.5 70.6-78.0 255 25.5 22.0-29.4
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 769 565 75.3 70.7-79.3 204 24.7 20.7-29.3
Region 2 661 505 77.1 73.2-80.5 156 22.9 19.5-26.8
Region 3 724 554 76.9 73.1-80.3 170 23.1 19.7-26.9
Region 4 887 718 78.7 75.1-81.9 169 21.3 18.1-24.9
Region 5 821 589 72.8 68.9-76.3 232 27.2 23.7-31.1
Region 6 868 617 73.5 69.6-77.1 251 26.5 22.9-30.4

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See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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