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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,992 3,146 78.3 76.5-80.0 846 21.7 20.0-23.5
No 420 270 66.1 60.2-71.6 150 33.9 28.4-39.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,160 943 78.7 75.2-81.8 217 21.3 18.2-24.8
Overweight 1,454 1,168 81.3 78.7-83.6 286 18.7 16.4-21.3
Obese 1,350 964 73.3 70.1-76.2 386 26.7 23.8-29.9
Current Smoker
Yes 560 364 66.0 60.1-71.5 196 34.0 28.5-39.9
No 3,723 2,957 79.0 77.2-80.7 766 21.0 19.3-22.8
History of CVD**
Yes 479 326 68.9 62.1-74.9 153 31.1 25.1-37.9
No 3,979 3,128 77.9 76.1-79.6 851 22.1 20.4-23.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 642 529 81.8 77.8-85.2 113 18.2 14.8-22.2
No 3,440 2,639 76.3 74.3-78.3 801 23.7 21.7-25.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 262 202 76.3 69.3-82.1 60 23.7 17.9-30.7
No 3,832 2,969 77.1 75.2-78.9 863 22.9 21.1-24.8
COPD
Yes 350 200 57.7 49.5-65.5 150 42.3 34.5-50.5
No 4,133 3,270 78.5 76.8-80.1 863 21.5 19.9-23.2
Current Asthma
Yes 400 292 69.8 62.0-76.5 108 30.2 23.5-38.0
No 4,074 3,168 77.6 75.9-79.2 906 22.4 20.8-24.1
Diabetes
Yes 591 390 69.3 64.1-74.1 201 30.7 25.9-35.9
No 3,893 3,078 77.9 76.0-79.6 815 22.1 20.4-24.0
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,329 899 68.2 64.5-71.7 430 31.8 28.3-35.5
No 3,167 2,578 80.3 78.4-82.0 589 19.7 18.0-21.6

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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 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.

^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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