2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Exercise

Adults that participated in 300 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 300+ minutes 0-299 minutes Don’t know/Not Sure/Refused/Missing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,088 1,216 29.7 27.8-31.8 1,911 45.7 43.5-47.8 961 24.6 22.7-26.5
Medicaid Region 2 579 173 29.3 24.6-34.6 259 44.0 38.7-49.4 147 26.7 22.2-31.7
GENDER
Male 249 81 32.0 25.2-39.6 115 45.4 38.0-53.1 53 22.6 16.9-29.5
Female 330 92 26.9 20.7-34.2 144 42.7 35.5-50.2 94 30.4 24.0-37.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 133 31.3 25.6-37.6 170 41.3 35.2-47.6 107 27.4 22.0-33.6
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 49 29.6 21.9-38.6 83 43.4 34.9-52.4 52 27.0 20.0-35.3
45-64 204 56 24.1 17.9-31.6 96 49.1 40.4-57.8 52 26.8 19.8-35.3
65+ 180 68 37.7 28.1-48.4 78 40.3 31.0-50.2 34 22.1 14.1-32.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 44 23.5 16.3-32.7 94 49.0 39.9-58.2 49 27.5 20.3-36.2
Some Post-H.S. 142 48 34.6 25.6-44.9 56 37.7 28.5-48.0 38 27.7 19.3-38.0
College Graduate 246 81 32.7 25.6-40.7 107 43.6 36.1-51.3 58 23.7 17.9-30.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 52 31.1 22.9-40.7 92 47.3 38.1-56.6 42 21.6 15.4-29.4
$50,000+ 246 84 29.2 23.0-36.4 95 41.5 33.6-49.9 67 29.3 22.4-37.3
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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