2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
Region 5 666 546 81.9 78.2-85.1 120 18.1 14.9-21.8
GENDER
Male 318 270 85.4 80.4-89.4 48 14.6 10.6-19.6
Female 348 276 78.7 73.1-83.4 72 21.3 16.6-26.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 348 84.7 80.2-88.3 62 15.3 11.7-19.8
Non-Hispanic Black 140 112 75.2 65.3-83.0 28 24.8 17.0-34.7
Other 103 77 81.0 71.3-87.9 26 19.0 12.1-28.7
AGE
18-44 268 229 84.7 78.9-89.2 39 15.3 10.8-21.1
45-64 212 171 79.5 72.5-85.2 41 20.5 14.8-27.5
65+ 169 132 79.1 70.8-85.5 37 20.9 14.5-29.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 128 75.1 67.3-81.6 51 24.9 18.4-32.7
Some Post-H.S. 160 126 81.9 74.6-87.5 34 18.1 12.5-25.4
College Graduate 325 290 88.6 83.9-92.1 35 11.4 7.9-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 236 174 73.4 66.3-79.5 62 26.6 20.5-33.7
$50,000+ 290 264 90.8 86.1-94.1 26 9.2 5.9-13.9
Don't know/Not Sure 137 105 78.7 69.7-85.6 32 21.3 14.4-30.3

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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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