2021 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 4,927 3,813 77.7 76.2-79.2 1,114 22.3 20.8-23.8
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 498 388 75.9 69.6-81.3 110 24.1 18.7-30.4
Region 3 478 360 74.3 69.3-78.7 118 25.7 21.3-30.7
Region 4 740 579 78.1 74.4-81.4 161 21.9 18.6-25.6
Region 5 666 546 81.9 78.2-85.1 120 18.1 14.9-21.8
Region 6 537 395 74.3 69.6-78.4 142 25.7 21.6-30.4
Region 7 707 584 81.0 77.2-84.3 123 19.0 15.7-22.8
Region 8 800 584 77.0 73.1-80.5 216 23.0 19.5-26.9
Region 9 & 10 501 377 74.0 69.2-78.3 124 26.0 21.7-30.8
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,852 1,357 74.6 72.0-77.1 495 25.4 22.9-28.0
Piedmont 2,455 1,976 79.7 77.7-81.6 479 20.3 18.4-22.3
Western NC 620 480 75.8 70.4-80.5 140 24.2 19.5-29.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 411 329 76.3 68.7-82.5 82 23.7 17.5-31.3
Northwest 722 534 73.8 69.7-77.6 188 26.2 22.4-30.3
Charlotte 597 473 79.3 75.3-82.8 124 20.7 17.2-24.7
Greensboro 515 425 81.8 77.3-85.5 90 18.2 14.5-22.7
Southern Regional 790 557 72.6 68.2-76.5 233 27.4 23.5-31.8
Southeast 370 284 78.2 73.0-82.5 86 21.8 17.5-27.0
Wake 822 686 82.9 79.6-85.7 136 17.1 14.3-20.4
Area L & Eastern 700 525 74.2 69.9-78.1 175 25.8 21.9-30.1
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 523 408 76.5 70.4-81.6 115 23.5 18.4-29.6
Region 2 744 579 77.5 73.6-80.9 165 22.5 19.1-26.4
Region 3 754 588 77.9 74.3-81.1 166 22.1 18.9-25.7
Region 4 1,052 873 81.7 78.7-84.4 179 18.3 15.6-21.3
Region 5 1,190 870 75.4 72.2-78.4 320 24.6 21.6-27.8
Region 6 664 495 74.3 70.1-78.1 169 25.7 21.9-29.9

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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 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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