2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,927 3,813 77.7 76.2-79.2 1,114 22.3 20.8-23.8
GENDER
Male 2,293 1,845 80.5 78.5-82.5 448 19.5 17.5-21.5
Female 2,634 1,968 75.1 72.9-77.2 666 24.9 22.8-27.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,333 3,407 78.9 77.3-80.5 926 21.1 19.5-22.7
No 480 326 69.7 64.6-74.4 154 30.3 25.6-35.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,289 1,084 83.6 80.5-86.3 205 16.4 13.7-19.5
Overweight 1,542 1,235 81.2 78.7-83.5 307 18.8 16.5-21.3
Obese 1,585 1,139 72.4 69.6-75.1 446 27.6 24.9-30.4
Current Smoker
Yes 649 433 67.6 63.0-71.9 216 32.4 28.1-37.0
No 4,165 3,301 79.6 78.0-81.1 864 20.4 18.9-22.0
History of CVD**
Yes 530 320 61.2 55.7-66.4 210 38.8 33.6-44.3
No 4,346 3,460 79.8 78.2-81.3 886 20.2 18.7-21.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 670 554 82.6 78.9-85.8 116 17.4 14.2-21.1
No 3,939 3,031 77.1 75.4-78.8 908 22.9 21.2-24.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 204 79.8 73.4-84.9 50 20.2 15.1-26.6
No 4,347 3,375 77.8 76.2-79.4 972 22.2 20.6-23.8
COPD
Yes 371 219 58.2 51.0-65.1 152 41.8 34.9-49.0
No 4,535 3,578 79.3 77.8-80.8 957 20.7 19.2-22.2
Current Asthma
Yes 429 315 75.4 70.0-80.2 114 24.6 19.8-30.0
No 4,481 3,488 78.0 76.4-79.5 993 22.0 20.5-23.6
Diabetes
Yes 681 433 65.3 60.7-69.7 248 34.7 30.3-39.3
No 4,241 3,377 79.5 77.9-81.1 864 20.5 18.9-22.1
Functional Disability
Yes 1,514 952 64.0 60.8-67.1 562 36.0 32.9-39.2
No 3,305 2,783 83.8 82.0-85.3 522 16.2 14.7-18.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,509 1,011 67.3 64.3-70.2 498 32.7 29.8-35.7
No 3,417 2,801 81.7 79.9-83.3 616 18.3 16.7-20.1

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**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 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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