2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

Exercise

Physical Activity Categories (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Highly active Active Insufficently active Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,879 1,179 29.7 28.0-31.4 761 19.5 18.1-21.0 794 21.2 19.7-22.8 1,145 29.5 27.9-31.3
Medicaid Region 4 521 160 29.7 25.4-34.4 88 17.5 13.9-21.9 114 22.5 18.8-26.8 159 30.3 25.9-35.0
GENDER
Male 238 82 33.2 26.9-40.2 41 18.7 13.2-25.8 47 20.1 15.0-26.4 68 28.0 21.9-35.0
Female 283 78 26.6 21.0-33.0 47 16.4 12.0-22.1 67 24.7 19.5-30.7 91 32.3 26.3-38.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 312 104 32.6 26.9-38.8 57 17.8 13.3-23.5 66 21.7 17.1-27.2 85 27.9 22.5-34.0
Non-Hispanic Black 125 34 26.1 18.5-35.6 20 17.9 11.1-27.5 30 24.1 16.8-33.2 41 31.9 23.5-41.8
Other 84 22 23.3 14.9-34.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 222 58 27.2 21.3-34.1 39 19.1 13.8-25.7 67 27.5 21.6-34.3 58 26.2 20.2-33.2
45-64 164 45 25.4 18.9-33.3 27 17.6 11.2-26.5 32 20.4 14.4-28.0 60 36.6 28.6-45.3
65+ 133 *** *** *** 22 13.6 8.4-21.1 15 13.5 7.8-22.3 39 27.5 19.7-36.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 39 25.9 18.6-34.9 14 12.2 6.5-21.6 27 19.6 13.3-27.8 67 42.3 33.5-51.7
Some Post-H.S. 138 49 33.0 25.1-42.0 20 17.6 11.4-26.3 29 20.5 14.4-28.5 40 28.9 21.3-37.8
College Graduate 236 72 30.6 24.7-37.3 54 23.0 17.7-29.4 58 27.5 21.5-34.4 52 18.9 14.2-24.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 43 22.4 16.5-29.7 21 11.8 7.3-18.7 44 25.2 18.7-33.1 72 40.5 32.6-49.0
$50,000+ 233 84 34.8 28.3-41.9 52 23.0 17.0-30.4 51 22.8 17.4-29.2 46 19.4 14.2-26.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 108 *** *** *** 15 14.3 8.2-23.7 19 17.5 10.7-27.1 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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