2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Exercise

Adults that participated in 300 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
300+ minutes 0-299 minutes Don’t know/Not Sure/Refused/Missing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,088 1,216 29.7 27.8-31.8 1,911 45.7 43.5-47.8 961 24.6 22.7-26.5
Medicaid Region 1 507 172 33.8 27.3-41.1 219 42.7 36.7-49.0 116 23.5 18.3-29.5
GENDER
Male 211 *** *** *** 86 43.1 33.5-53.3 52 20.1 13.7-28.3
Female 296 99 31.0 24.2-38.8 133 42.3 34.6-50.4 64 26.7 19.8-34.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 414 148 35.0 27.7-43.1 178 43.0 36.4-49.8 88 22.0 16.7-28.5
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 22.8 15.3-32.6
45-64 166 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 208 87 35.0 26.8-44.3 84 44.3 34.4-54.7 37 20.6 13.3-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 *** *** *** *** *** *** 35 25.3 16.4-36.9
Some Post-H.S. 157 *** *** *** *** *** *** 37 21.0 14.2-30.0
College Graduate 206 80 33.4 26.0-41.8 83 43.4 34.9-52.4 43 23.2 16.4-31.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 207 76 32.8 25.2-41.6 83 43.0 34.3-52.2 48 24.2 17.5-32.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 21.0 13.7-30.9

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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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