2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 530 254 47.8 42.3-53.3 171 31.1 26.3-36.2 105 21.1 16.8-26.2
GENDER
Male 253 127 48.1 40.0-56.3 72 28.9 22.2-36.6 54 23.0 16.6-30.9
Female 277 127 47.5 40.1-54.9 99 33.1 26.7-40.2 51 19.4 14.0-26.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 300 158 50.5 43.3-57.6 90 28.5 22.8-35.0 52 21.0 15.3-28.2
Non-Hispanic Black 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 16.5 9.8-26.3
AGE
18-44 213 104 48.9 40.6-57.3 65 30.8 23.6-39.1 44 20.3 14.5-27.6
45-64 169 79 43.3 33.9-53.2 55 29.9 22.4-38.6 35 26.9 18.3-37.6
65+ 137 *** *** *** 48 33.9 24.5-44.8 18 10.0 5.5-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 55 35.6 27.1-45.2 70 45.7 36.2-55.5 28 18.7 11.8-28.2
Some Post-H.S. 144 *** *** *** 42 21.7 15.4-29.5 33 24.3 16.3-34.5
College Graduate 228 129 55.9 48.0-63.5 58 24.3 18.2-31.6 41 19.8 14.0-27.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 *** *** *** 58 33.2 24.7-42.8 34 26.3 17.8-37.0
$50,000+ 245 134 51.0 43.1-58.9 68 29.8 22.9-37.8 43 19.2 13.4-26.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 *** *** *** 40 29.8 20.9-40.6 27 18.8 11.8-28.6

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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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