2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise

What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing during the past month?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Walking Gardening Running Weight lifting Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,904 1,590 52.7 50.5-54.8 160 5.2 4.3- 6.2 269 11.0 9.7-12.4 139 5.2 4.3- 6.2 746 26.1 24.2-28.0
GENDER
Male 1,373 637 43.9 40.9-47.0 64 4.6 3.5- 6.0 158 13.1 11.1-15.3 97 7.8 6.2- 9.7 417 30.7 27.9-33.6
Female 1,531 953 60.8 57.8-63.7 96 5.7 4.5- 7.2 111 9.0 7.4-10.9 42 2.7 2.0- 3.8 329 21.8 19.4-24.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,580 1,426 53.3 51.0-55.5 147 5.4 4.4- 6.5 231 10.6 9.3-12.1 122 5.1 4.2- 6.2 654 25.7 23.7-27.8
No 319 164 49.5 43.1-55.9 *** *** *** 37 13.3 9.4-18.4 *** *** *** 89 27.9 22.7-33.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 801 373 43.6 39.7-47.7 49 6.0 4.3- 8.4 104 15.3 12.6-18.5 43 6.0 4.2- 8.4 232 29.1 25.5-32.9
Overweight 1,022 538 49.8 46.1-53.4 50 4.7 3.4- 6.3 101 12.1 9.9-14.7 62 6.4 4.9- 8.4 271 27.1 23.9-30.5
Obese 843 539 62.8 58.9-66.6 46 5.0 3.6- 6.9 43 5.9 4.2- 8.1 28 3.7 2.4- 5.6 187 22.6 19.4-26.2
Current Smoker
Yes 417 246 55.3 49.5-61.0 32 8.6 5.8-12.7 24 6.2 4.0- 9.5 14 3.0 1.7- 5.3 101 26.8 21.9-32.5
No 2,472 1,337 52.2 49.9-54.5 127 4.5 3.7- 5.4 244 11.9 10.5-13.5 125 5.6 4.6- 6.8 639 25.8 23.9-27.9
History of CVD**
Yes 262 180 64.6 56.6-71.7 22 8.0 5.1-12.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 52 24.9 18.2-33.0
No 2,621 1,398 51.7 49.5-53.9 136 4.9 4.0- 5.9 267 11.9 10.5-13.5 132 5.4 4.5- 6.6 688 26.1 24.2-28.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 370 167 41.9 36.2-47.8 17 4.5 2.6- 7.7 55 17.7 13.6-22.7 24 6.7 4.3-10.1 107 29.2 24.2-34.8
No 2,433 1,375 54.8 52.4-57.1 134 5.1 4.2- 6.2 205 9.8 8.5-11.3 107 4.9 3.9- 6.0 612 25.4 23.4-27.5
COPD
Yes 201 133 62.4 53.8-70.3 18 11.3 6.3-19.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 45 23.2 16.8-30.9
No 2,697 1,456 52.1 49.9-54.3 141 4.8 3.9- 5.7 266 11.5 10.2-13.0 137 5.5 4.5- 6.6 697 26.2 24.2-28.2
Current Asthma
Yes 234 158 66.2 58.9-72.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 50 22.5 16.9-29.3
No 2,659 1,427 51.5 49.3-53.8 151 5.3 4.4- 6.4 261 11.6 10.2-13.2 130 5.3 4.3- 6.4 690 26.2 24.3-28.3
Functional Disability
Yes 799 494 58.5 54.2-62.6 62 7.1 5.4- 9.4 34 5.8 4.0- 8.2 18 2.2 1.3- 3.6 191 26.5 22.8-30.6
No 2,084 1,082 50.4 47.9-52.9 97 4.4 3.5- 5.6 234 12.9 11.3-14.7 121 6.3 5.1- 7.7 550 25.9 23.8-28.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 790 517 63.6 59.4-67.7 70 9.2 6.9-12.0 *** *** *** 18 1.9 1.1- 3.1 175 24.0 20.5-28.0
No 2,114 1,073 49.2 46.8-51.7 90 3.9 3.1- 4.9 259 13.9 12.3-15.8 121 6.2 5.1- 7.5 571 26.7 24.6-29.0

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*Asked only of those who reported any exercise in the past month.
NOTE: There are 69 exercise categories available for this question. The four categories featured in this table
had highest frequency of any single category.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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