2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 800 584 77.0 73.1-80.5 216 23.0 19.5-26.9
GENDER
Male 335 268 83.6 78.3-87.8 67 16.4 12.2-21.7
Female 465 316 70.4 64.6-75.6 149 29.6 24.4-35.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 457 360 81.7 77.2-85.4 97 18.3 14.6-22.8
Non-Hispanic Black 150 99 73.1 62.9-81.3 51 26.9 18.7-37.1
Other 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 226 184 85.0 79.0-89.5 42 15.0 10.5-21.0
45-64 242 162 68.0 60.2-74.9 80 32.0 25.1-39.8
65+ 310 220 71.2 63.9-77.6 90 28.8 22.4-36.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 300 183 66.2 59.0-72.7 117 33.8 27.3-41.0
Some Post-H.S. 217 162 82.2 75.8-87.2 55 17.8 12.8-24.2
College Graduate 279 236 88.6 83.7-92.2 43 11.4 7.8-16.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 215 68.8 62.0-74.9 112 31.2 25.1-38.0
$50,000+ 287 250 88.7 83.2-92.6 37 11.3 7.4-16.8
Don't know/Not Sure 184 117 68.8 59.4-76.9 67 31.2 23.1-40.6

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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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