2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Exercise

Adults that participated in 150 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
150+ minutes 0-149 minutes Don’t know/Not Sure/Refused/Missing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,088 2,021 49.2 47.0-51.3 1,394 32.9 30.9-35.0 673 17.9 16.3-19.6
Medicaid Region 1 507 275 54.4 47.7-61.0 156 31.1 25.7-37.2 76 14.5 10.7-19.3
GENDER
Male 211 121 56.9 46.7-66.6 58 31.1 22.7-40.9 32 12.0 7.5-18.6
Female 296 154 52.0 44.1-59.8 98 31.2 24.2-39.1 44 16.8 11.7-23.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 414 235 55.1 47.7-62.3 121 30.3 24.5-36.7 58 14.6 10.4-20.1
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 9.7 4.3-20.6
AGE
18-44 122 *** *** *** 37 31.0 21.9-41.9 21 12.9 8.0-20.1
45-64 166 *** *** *** 57 28.7 20.3-38.8 25 13.5 7.1-23.9
65+ 208 127 50.6 40.6-60.5 60 34.8 25.3-45.6 21 14.7 8.2-24.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 13.0 7.4-21.9
Some Post-H.S. 157 *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 16.2 10.5-24.3
College Graduate 206 132 61.8 52.8-70.0 50 24.4 17.6-32.9 24 13.8 8.4-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 *** *** *** 57 30.3 21.4-41.0 25 12.9 7.4-21.7
$50,000+ 207 123 57.9 48.8-66.5 56 27.2 19.7-36.3 28 14.9 9.6-22.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 17.3 10.6-26.8

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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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