2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Exercise

Physical Activity Categories (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Highly active Active Insufficently active Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,127 1,216 39.4 37.0-41.9 517 16.9 15.2-18.7 395 14.4 12.6-16.3 999 29.3 27.1-31.6
Medicaid Region 4 740 290 40.5 36.0-45.2 141 17.6 14.6-21.0 115 17.8 14.2-22.1 194 24.1 20.3-28.2
GENDER
Male 350 153 44.8 38.2-51.7 71 17.7 13.7-22.5 52 15.6 11.2-21.3 74 21.9 16.4-28.6
Female 390 137 36.4 30.4-42.8 70 17.5 13.3-22.6 63 20.0 14.7-26.6 120 26.2 21.3-31.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 446 177 40.6 35.0-46.5 102 21.8 17.7-26.6 74 18.2 14.0-23.4 93 19.4 15.4-24.1
Non-Hispanic Black 141 51 36.5 27.3-46.8 14 7.3 4.0-12.9 20 17.4 10.2-28.0 *** *** ***
Other 143 *** *** *** 22 15.5 9.8-23.7 *** *** *** 44 20.9 14.5-29.2
AGE
18-44 290 101 38.6 31.7-46.1 69 21.3 16.5-27.1 64 24.3 18.1-31.7 56 15.8 11.7-20.9
45-64 238 88 41.5 33.8-49.6 52 18.6 13.6-25.0 33 12.8 8.5-18.8 65 27.1 20.4-34.9
65+ 208 101 44.3 35.6-53.5 20 7.8 4.7-12.6 18 11.1 6.4-18.5 69 36.8 27.8-46.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 169 68 41.2 32.0-51.0 14 8.8 4.9-15.5 18 14.9 8.7-24.3 69 35.1 26.4-44.8
Some Post-H.S. 175 64 38.7 30.0-48.1 23 12.5 7.7-19.7 32 22.5 14.9-32.5 56 26.3 19.5-34.5
College Graduate 394 157 41.1 35.4-47.1 104 28.3 23.4-33.7 65 16.9 13.0-21.6 68 13.7 10.5-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 68 39.7 31.1-49.0 22 11.3 7.1-17.4 20 14.8 8.2-25.4 76 34.2 26.2-43.1
$50,000+ 417 172 42.0 35.9-48.4 99 21.1 17.0-25.9 77 20.4 15.5-26.3 69 16.5 12.4-21.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 129 *** *** *** 19 13.3 8.0-21.5 17 14.9 8.8-24.0 *** *** ***

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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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