2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Exercise

What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing during the past month?*

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Respond.^
Walking Gardening Running Weight lifting Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,073 1,780 57.4 55.0-59.8 206 6.6 5.5- 7.9 222 8.4 7.1- 9.9 193 7.1 6.0- 8.4 672 20.5 18.7-22.5
Medicaid Region 5 698 406 59.1 53.4-64.5 46 4.4 2.9- 6.7 44 8.7 6.1-12.3 37 6.7 4.5- 9.8 165 21.2 17.2-25.7
GENDER
Male 313 160 52.7 43.6-61.6 16 3.9 2.0- 7.5 31 11.2 7.2-17.1 25 8.9 5.4-14.2 81 23.3 17.2-30.8
Female 385 246 65.2 58.2-71.7 30 4.9 2.8- 8.5 13 6.3 3.4-11.4 12 4.5 2.2- 8.7 84 19.1 14.3-24.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 322 177 56.9 50.0-63.6 22 4.9 2.9- 8.1 28 10.5 6.9-15.6 20 7.5 4.6-12.1 75 20.2 15.5-25.8
Non-Hispanic Black 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 251 *** *** *** 20 4.8 1.7-13.1 13 10.0 4.8-19.8 12 7.7 3.1-17.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 263 132 52.5 43.7-61.2 *** *** *** 37 16.0 10.9-22.8 22 8.4 5.2-13.5 62 20.5 15.1-27.2
45-64 229 142 64.0 54.0-72.9 17 5.7 2.6-12.0 *** *** *** 13 8.2 4.0-16.2 52 20.7 13.9-29.6
65+ 194 *** *** *** 17 7.0 3.4-13.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 196 *** *** *** 15 4.3 2.0- 8.9 11 8.5 4.1-16.8 *** *** *** 49 20.2 13.3-29.3
Some Post-H.S. 221 134 57.9 48.3-66.9 19 5.6 2.9-10.8 15 9.9 5.8-16.5 *** *** *** 43 20.5 14.1-28.8
College Graduate 278 157 58.2 50.3-65.8 12 3.1 1.5- 6.3 18 7.6 4.5-12.5 18 7.5 4.3-12.8 73 23.5 17.7-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 *** *** *** 22 4.6 2.2- 9.2 17 11.6 6.6-19.6 *** *** *** 46 21.6 14.4-31.1
$50,000+ 319 175 54.6 47.1-61.9 17 5.4 2.9- 9.8 23 9.7 6.0-15.4 21 7.7 4.5-12.9 83 22.6 17.2-29.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 146 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 36 18.4 11.2-28.8

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*Asked only of those who reported any exercise in the past month.
NOTE: There are 10 exercise categories available for this question. The four categories featured in this table
had the highest frequency of any single category.

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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