2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 530 144 27.0 22.3-32.4 245 46.0 40.6-51.5 141 26.9 22.3-32.2
GENDER
Male 253 83 32.6 25.3-40.8 106 41.8 34.1-49.9 64 25.6 19.0-33.6
Female 277 61 21.9 16.2-28.9 139 50.0 42.6-57.3 77 28.2 21.9-35.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 300 94 30.4 24.1-37.5 136 43.3 36.5-50.3 70 26.4 20.2-33.6
Non-Hispanic Black 116 21 19.6 11.2-31.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 213 57 27.8 20.5-36.5 100 46.7 38.4-55.1 56 25.5 19.1-33.2
45-64 169 39 22.7 15.5-32.1 80 44.2 34.9-54.0 50 33.0 24.1-43.4
65+ 137 48 34.3 25.2-44.6 *** *** *** 27 17.0 10.3-26.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 34 21.9 15.1-30.6 82 53.3 43.4-62.9 37 24.8 17.0-34.7
Some Post-H.S. 144 *** *** *** 63 40.0 30.5-50.3 44 29.1 20.6-39.3
College Graduate 228 72 29.2 23.0-36.3 99 44.3 36.8-52.2 57 26.5 20.0-34.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 42 29.4 20.2-40.7 71 40.9 31.5-51.0 44 29.8 21.0-40.3
$50,000+ 245 78 29.2 22.7-36.6 116 48.8 41.0-56.7 51 22.0 15.9-29.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 23 19.9 11.6-31.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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