2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Exercise

Adults that participated in 150 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 150+ minutes 0-149 minutes Don’t know/Not Sure/Refused/Missing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,088 2,021 49.2 47.0-51.3 1,394 32.9 30.9-35.0 673 17.9 16.3-19.6
Medicaid Region 2 579 279 44.8 39.5-50.2 201 35.0 30.0-40.5 99 20.1 16.0-25.0
GENDER
Male 249 130 47.2 39.6-54.9 85 35.9 28.7-43.8 34 16.9 11.8-23.7
Female 330 149 42.7 35.6-50.2 116 34.2 27.5-41.7 65 23.0 17.2-30.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 210 47.8 41.5-54.2 130 32.0 26.4-38.2 70 20.2 15.2-26.3
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 13.9 7.2-25.0
AGE
18-44 184 82 43.9 35.4-52.8 63 34.7 26.6-43.8 39 21.4 15.0-29.4
45-64 204 105 46.0 37.5-54.7 70 37.4 28.9-46.7 29 16.6 10.7-24.7
65+ 180 *** *** *** 66 33.9 25.3-43.7 22 18.1 10.6-29.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 70 35.9 27.6-45.2 82 43.3 34.4-52.7 35 20.8 14.3-29.2
Some Post-H.S. 142 71 47.0 37.0-57.3 46 30.4 21.8-40.7 25 22.5 14.6-33.1
College Graduate 246 138 56.4 48.6-63.8 71 27.9 21.6-35.3 37 15.7 11.0-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 81 45.1 36.2-54.4 77 40.5 31.8-49.9 28 14.4 9.5-21.1
$50,000+ 246 144 50.5 42.4-58.6 62 29.0 21.6-37.8 40 20.5 14.3-28.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 139 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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