2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 978 267 26.5 22.3-31.2 466 44.9 40.1-49.9 245 28.5 24.1-33.4
GENDER
Male 411 130 30.1 23.5-37.7 188 45.1 37.7-52.7 93 24.8 18.5-32.4
Female 567 137 23.2 18.4-28.9 278 44.8 38.5-51.2 152 32.0 26.1-38.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 412 143 31.8 26.4-37.6 171 42.4 36.3-48.8 98 25.8 20.3-32.2
Non-Hispanic Black 165 25 10.4 6.1-17.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 386 *** *** *** *** *** *** 93 22.5 15.0-32.4
AGE
18-44 322 79 25.4 18.8-33.4 150 46.6 39.1-54.3 93 27.9 21.8-35.1
45-64 346 90 23.1 17.2-30.1 188 52.7 44.0-61.3 68 24.2 16.9-33.4
65+ 294 98 35.4 26.6-45.4 124 33.2 25.4-42.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 320 66 20.2 14.3-27.8 161 44.0 35.4-53.1 93 35.8 27.3-45.2
Some Post-H.S. 303 83 30.9 23.0-40.1 149 45.3 37.0-53.7 71 23.8 17.4-31.6
College Graduate 352 117 30.4 24.3-37.2 155 45.4 38.1-52.8 80 24.3 18.3-31.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 360 87 18.0 12.7-24.8 183 46.6 38.2-55.2 90 35.4 26.8-45.1
$50,000+ 394 127 32.9 26.8-39.6 173 41.6 35.0-48.6 94 25.5 19.6-32.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 215 *** *** *** *** *** *** 58 24.0 16.5-33.6

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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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