2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 533 390 75.5 70.7-79.7 143 24.5 20.3-29.3
GENDER
Male 238 180 80.4 74.0-85.6 58 19.6 14.4-26.0
Female 295 210 70.6 63.3-77.0 85 29.4 23.0-36.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 329 252 78.7 72.8-83.6 77 21.3 16.4-27.2
Non-Hispanic Black 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 178 149 82.7 74.6-88.6 29 17.3 11.4-25.4
45-64 180 121 66.1 57.0-74.1 59 33.9 25.9-43.0
65+ 174 119 73.5 65.1-80.4 55 26.5 19.6-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 113 67.4 58.2-75.4 64 32.6 24.6-41.8
Some Post-H.S. 169 123 77.7 69.7-84.0 46 22.3 16.0-30.3
College Graduate 184 152 85.1 78.3-90.0 32 14.9 10.0-21.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 127 73.1 65.0-79.8 62 26.9 20.2-35.0
$50,000+ 234 191 84.7 78.5-89.4 43 15.3 10.6-21.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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