2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 958 768 81.5 78.1-84.4 190 18.5 15.6-21.9
GENDER
Male 441 370 82.9 77.3-87.3 71 17.1 12.7-22.7
Female 517 398 80.2 75.8-84.0 119 19.8 16.0-24.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 570 481 85.5 81.8-88.6 89 14.5 11.4-18.2
Non-Hispanic Black 184 128 68.4 58.6-76.7 56 31.6 23.3-41.4
Other 188 144 83.9 77.5-88.7 44 16.1 11.3-22.5
AGE
18-44 379 323 87.7 83.7-90.9 56 12.3 9.1-16.3
45-64 310 247 79.5 73.0-84.7 63 20.5 15.3-27.0
65+ 257 190 70.5 61.3-78.2 67 29.5 21.8-38.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 233 164 74.1 66.3-80.6 69 25.9 19.4-33.7
Some Post-H.S. 212 156 77.8 70.7-83.5 56 22.2 16.5-29.3
College Graduate 508 444 89.9 86.8-92.4 64 10.1 7.6-13.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 244 168 73.1 65.6-79.4 76 26.9 20.6-34.4
$50,000+ 526 460 87.3 83.2-90.6 66 12.7 9.4-16.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 179 133 75.5 65.9-83.1 46 24.5 16.9-34.1

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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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