2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 506 392 77.6 71.9-82.4 114 22.4 17.6-28.1
GENDER
Male 211 171 77.5 68.2-84.7 40 22.5 15.3-31.8
Female 295 221 77.6 70.1-83.7 74 22.4 16.3-29.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 413 324 78.2 72.1-83.3 89 21.8 16.7-27.9
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 122 103 80.8 70.1-88.3 19 19.2 11.7-29.9
45-64 166 122 80.1 71.5-86.6 44 19.9 13.4-28.5
65+ 207 158 70.1 59.0-79.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 91 69.3 58.2-78.6 50 30.7 21.4-41.8
Some Post-H.S. 156 123 80.7 69.5-88.4 33 19.3 11.6-30.5
College Graduate 206 176 86.2 79.1-91.1 30 13.8 8.9-20.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 132 78.6 68.8-85.9 40 21.4 14.1-31.2
$50,000+ 207 167 81.5 72.9-87.8 40 18.5 12.2-27.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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