2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 391 172 44.2 36.5-52.2 63 15.1 11.0-20.4 42 11.4 7.7-16.5 114 29.3 23.1-36.4
GENDER
Male 159 *** *** *** 28 15.0 9.4-23.1 18 10.7 5.9-18.7 40 28.2 19.1-39.4
Female 232 99 42.3 33.6-51.5 35 15.2 9.8-22.7 24 12.0 7.2-19.4 74 30.5 22.6-39.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 326 148 44.9 36.5-53.5 57 16.3 11.7-22.2 32 10.8 7.1-16.3 89 28.0 21.4-35.6
Non-Hispanic Black 16 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 90 *** *** *** 18 16.6 9.9-26.5 18 15.3 8.8-25.3 *** *** ***
45-64 128 *** *** *** 21 16.4 9.4-26.9 13 11.7 5.7-22.5 *** *** ***
65+ 171 *** *** *** 24 12.0 6.7-20.8 11 6.1 2.5-14.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 *** *** *** 13 12.3 6.3-22.7 11 10.2 5.0-19.8 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 120 *** *** *** 17 11.1 6.2-19.1 11 11.0 5.3-21.4 *** *** ***
College Graduate 163 80 43.5 34.2-53.3 33 24.7 16.7-35.0 20 13.7 7.8-23.0 30 18.0 11.7-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 *** *** *** 21 13.3 7.5-22.5 17 11.8 6.1-21.6 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 159 76 43.3 33.5-53.7 27 20.8 13.5-30.7 16 11.4 6.1-20.3 40 24.5 16.3-35.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 92 *** *** *** 13 9.1 4.3-18.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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