2022 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 4,497 3,477 76.9 75.1-78.5 1,020 23.1 21.5-24.9
GENDER
Male 2,123 1,662 78.7 76.4-80.8 461 21.3 19.2-23.6
Female 2,374 1,815 75.2 72.6-77.6 559 24.8 22.4-27.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,795 2,247 78.9 76.7-80.9 548 21.1 19.1-23.3
Non-Hispanic Black 794 596 75.4 71.4-79.0 198 24.6 21.0-28.6
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 168 110 71.9 61.7-80.3 58 28.1 19.7-38.3
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 102 83 81.2 70.2-88.8 19 18.8 11.2-29.8
Hispanic 458 302 64.2 58.2-69.7 156 35.8 30.3-41.8
AGE
18-34 1,019 830 81.0 77.9-83.8 189 19.0 16.2-22.1
35-44 675 535 78.6 74.3-82.4 140 21.4 17.6-25.7
45-54 720 550 76.1 71.7-80.0 170 23.9 20.0-28.3
55-64 794 603 75.1 70.8-79.0 191 24.9 21.0-29.2
65-74 742 555 72.5 67.4-77.0 187 27.5 23.0-32.6
75+ 446 321 70.4 63.6-76.3 125 29.6 23.7-36.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 364 201 54.5 47.1-61.7 163 45.5 38.3-52.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 690 71.0 67.3-74.5 315 29.0 25.5-32.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,286 974 79.6 76.9-82.1 312 20.4 17.9-23.1
College Graduate 1,823 1,597 87.8 85.9-89.5 226 12.2 10.5-14.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,388 910 66.7 63.1-70.1 478 33.3 29.9-36.9
No 2,954 2,446 82.2 80.3-83.9 508 17.8 16.1-19.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 582 460 78.2 73.5-82.3 122 21.8 17.7-26.5
Non-Veteran 3,880 2,988 76.8 74.9-78.6 892 23.2 21.4-25.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,550 2,072 81.1 79.1-82.9 478 18.9 17.1-20.9
Unemployed 172 127 74.2 65.1-81.5 45 25.8 18.5-34.9
Retired 1,106 842 75.0 71.3-78.4 264 25.0 21.6-28.7
Unable to Work 320 155 50.3 41.7-59.0 165 49.7 41.0-58.3
Other not in Labor Force 275 218 80.6 73.8-86.0 57 19.4 14.0-26.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 274 175 63.8 54.5-72.1 99 36.2 27.9-45.5
$15,000- 24,999 380 233 61.8 55.0-68.1 147 38.2 31.9-45.0
$25,000- 34,999 442 320 70.5 64.4-75.9 122 29.5 24.1-35.6
$35,000- 49,999 466 365 80.5 75.6-84.5 101 19.5 15.5-24.4
$50,000-74,999 546 432 78.3 73.5-82.5 114 21.7 17.5-26.5
$75,000-100,000 473 404 85.7 81.4-89.1 69 14.3 10.9-18.6
$100,000-150,000 451 385 84.6 79.9-88.3 66 15.4 11.7-20.1
$150,000+ 467 411 87.1 82.7-90.5 56 12.9 9.5-17.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 998 752 75.3 71.4-78.8 246 24.7 21.2-28.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 373 218 56.2 48.8-63.4 155 43.8 36.6-51.2
101% to 150% 290 195 68.7 61.5-75.1 95 31.3 24.9-38.5
151% to 200% 346 263 75.4 68.8-81.0 83 24.6 19.0-31.2
More than 200% 2,302 1,917 83.2 81.2-85.0 385 16.8 15.0-18.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 998 752 75.3 71.4-78.8 246 24.7 21.2-28.6
HOUSING
Own 2,897 2,294 78.3 76.1-80.3 603 21.7 19.7-23.9
Rent 1,230 903 72.5 69.2-75.5 327 27.5 24.5-30.8
Other arrangement 311 232 77.1 70.1-82.8 79 22.9 17.2-29.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,524 1,255 81.2 78.6-83.6 269 18.8 16.4-21.4
Regional City or Suburban County 1,179 916 76.2 72.8-79.3 263 23.8 20.7-27.2
Rural 1,794 1,306 73.0 69.9-75.9 488 27.0 24.1-30.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,123 779 70.5 66.2-74.4 344 29.5 25.6-33.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,405 1,069 75.9 72.9-78.6 336 24.1 21.4-27.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,969 1,629 80.6 78.1-82.8 340 19.4 17.2-21.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,408 1,172 81.1 78.2-83.6 236 18.9 16.4-21.8
2nd Quartile 1,253 986 78.5 75.5-81.2 267 21.5 18.8-24.5
3rd Quartile 1,123 842 73.0 69.1-76.5 281 27.0 23.5-30.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 713 477 68.9 63.6-73.8 236 31.1 26.2-36.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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