2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 1,296 863 68.9 65.2-72.3 433 31.1 27.7-34.8
Medicaid Region 2 577 427 75.5 70.8-79.7 150 24.5 20.3-29.2
GENDER
Male 248 187 74.6 67.1-80.9 61 25.4 19.1-32.9
Female 329 240 76.4 70.2-81.6 89 23.6 18.4-29.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 409 314 77.0 71.4-81.8 95 23.0 18.2-28.6
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 150 82.6 75.7-87.9 34 17.4 12.1-24.3
45-64 203 146 69.1 59.8-77.1 57 30.9 22.9-40.2
65+ 179 122 70.1 60.4-78.3 57 29.9 21.7-39.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 111 63.4 54.4-71.6 74 36.6 28.4-45.6
Some Post-H.S. 142 111 82.3 74.0-88.3 31 17.7 11.7-26.0
College Graduate 246 203 86.0 80.3-90.2 43 14.0 9.8-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 129 72.0 63.5-79.1 57 28.0 20.9-36.5
$50,000+ 245 206 83.2 76.1-88.5 39 16.8 11.5-23.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 87 68.5 57.7-77.6 51 31.5 22.4-42.3

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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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