2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 4,927 3,813 77.7 76.2-79.2 1,114 22.3 20.8-23.8
Medicaid Region 2 744 579 77.5 73.6-80.9 165 22.5 19.1-26.4
GENDER
Male 348 282 82.1 77.2-86.2 66 17.9 13.8-22.8
Female 396 297 73.3 67.4-78.4 99 26.7 21.6-32.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 533 419 78.2 73.8-82.0 114 21.8 18.0-26.2
Non-Hispanic Black 116 91 72.3 61.0-81.3 *** *** ***
Other 82 59 81.9 71.8-89.0 23 18.1 11.0-28.2
AGE
18-44 262 215 80.3 73.8-85.6 47 19.7 14.4-26.2
45-64 261 197 74.6 68.0-80.2 64 25.4 19.8-32.0
65+ 207 153 74.4 66.6-80.9 54 25.6 19.1-33.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 240 164 69.4 62.4-75.7 76 30.6 24.3-37.6
Some Post-H.S. 219 173 81.1 74.4-86.3 46 18.9 13.7-25.6
College Graduate 285 242 85.3 80.0-89.4 43 14.7 10.6-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 185 69.6 62.4-75.9 81 30.4 24.1-37.6
$50,000+ 310 266 86.1 81.2-89.9 44 13.9 10.1-18.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 165 125 76.7 68.2-83.5 40 23.3 16.5-31.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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