2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 975 700 79.1 74.9-82.7 275 20.9 17.3-25.1
GENDER
Male 409 315 81.7 75.6-86.6 94 18.3 13.4-24.4
Female 566 385 76.7 70.8-81.6 181 23.3 18.4-29.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 411 323 80.0 74.3-84.7 88 20.0 15.3-25.7
Non-Hispanic Black 163 114 76.0 66.0-83.8 49 24.0 16.2-34.0
Other 386 251 77.4 67.6-84.9 135 22.6 15.1-32.4
AGE
18-44 321 263 87.3 81.8-91.4 58 12.7 8.6-18.2
45-64 346 230 71.5 62.7-79.0 116 28.5 21.0-37.3
65+ 292 195 73.6 65.1-80.6 97 26.4 19.4-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 319 197 74.5 66.5-81.2 122 25.5 18.8-33.5
Some Post-H.S. 301 221 80.6 73.4-86.3 80 19.4 13.7-26.6
College Graduate 352 279 83.4 77.2-88.2 73 16.6 11.8-22.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 357 230 71.2 62.8-78.3 127 28.8 21.7-37.2
$50,000+ 394 319 85.5 79.8-89.8 75 14.5 10.2-20.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 215 147 80.7 72.0-87.2 68 19.3 12.8-28.0

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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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