2021 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?

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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 5 1,190 870 75.4 72.2-78.4 320 24.6 21.6-27.8
GENDER
Male 529 409 78.9 74.1-83.0 120 21.1 17.0-25.9
Female 661 461 72.2 67.7-76.3 200 27.8 23.7-32.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 659 515 78.8 74.8-82.4 144 21.2 17.6-25.2
Non-Hispanic Black 272 179 70.3 63.2-76.5 93 29.7 23.5-36.8
Other 242 165 70.8 61.4-78.7 77 29.2 21.3-38.6
AGE
18-44 374 308 82.8 77.4-87.2 66 17.2 12.8-22.6
45-64 358 242 69.4 63.3-74.8 116 30.6 25.2-36.7
65+ 428 297 67.8 61.8-73.3 131 32.2 26.7-38.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 435 271 65.6 59.7-71.1 164 34.4 28.9-40.3
Some Post-H.S. 345 258 80.3 75.1-84.6 87 19.7 15.4-24.9
College Graduate 404 338 86.1 82.0-89.5 66 13.9 10.5-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 469 316 69.6 64.1-74.6 153 30.4 25.4-35.9
$50,000+ 444 372 83.4 78.3-87.5 72 16.6 12.5-21.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 274 179 70.7 63.4-77.1 95 29.3 22.9-36.6

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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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