2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 442 170 38.3 32.8-44.2 84 20.1 15.8-25.2 45 12.0 8.5-16.6 143 29.6 24.6-35.1
GENDER
Male 204 75 38.2 30.3-46.8 47 24.1 17.8-31.7 24 14.6 9.4-22.1 58 23.1 17.1-30.4
Female 238 95 38.4 30.9-46.5 37 16.0 10.6-23.5 21 9.3 5.4-15.4 85 36.2 28.7-44.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 282 115 37.7 31.0-45.0 61 23.8 17.9-30.7 29 13.9 9.2-20.6 77 24.6 19.0-31.2
Non-Hispanic Black 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 9.1 4.6-17.0 *** *** ***
Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 144 50 33.7 25.1-43.5 43 27.6 20.2-36.4 22 17.4 11.0-26.4 29 21.3 14.2-30.7
45-64 153 51 32.7 24.4-42.3 24 15.1 9.6-22.8 19 12.4 7.4-19.9 59 39.8 30.8-49.7
65+ 145 *** *** *** 17 12.9 6.2-24.9 *** *** *** 55 31.8 23.4-41.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 56 38.9 29.9-48.9 18 15.1 9.0-24.2 *** *** *** 64 40.3 30.9-50.5
Some Post-H.S. 139 49 36.6 27.3-47.1 30 24.2 16.8-33.7 14 12.7 7.0-22.0 46 26.4 19.0-35.5
College Graduate 155 64 40.0 31.0-49.7 35 21.1 14.5-29.6 24 21.0 13.7-30.8 32 17.9 12.0-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 151 51 37.9 28.5-48.3 29 22.4 15.1-31.9 *** *** *** 62 34.2 25.9-43.6
$50,000+ 199 91 45.0 36.6-53.7 39 20.0 14.1-27.6 26 17.0 11.1-25.0 43 18.0 12.5-25.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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