2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 389 144 37.0 31.0-43.5 74 20.5 15.8-26.1 55 13.3 9.7-18.0 116 29.2 23.8-35.3
GENDER
Male 189 83 43.8 34.8-53.3 34 17.3 11.4-25.5 28 13.3 8.8-19.7 44 25.5 18.0-34.8
Female 200 61 30.4 22.9-39.3 40 23.5 16.8-31.8 27 13.3 8.2-20.8 72 32.8 25.4-41.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 230 94 41.2 33.4-49.6 46 20.1 14.4-27.2 32 13.9 9.6-19.8 58 24.8 18.5-32.2
Non-Hispanic Black 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 9.5 4.9-17.6 *** *** ***
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 157 57 37.4 28.0-47.7 35 21.3 14.7-29.7 29 16.6 10.7-25.0 36 24.7 17.1-34.4
45-64 119 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 15.1 9.2-23.6 35 29.5 20.7-40.2
65+ 110 *** *** *** 14 17.9 10.1-29.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 34 29.1 20.3-39.8 12 10.1 5.5-17.7 11 11.0 5.2-21.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 100 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 11.2 6.3-18.9 28 19.4 12.6-28.6
College Graduate 171 72 39.7 31.7-48.4 41 27.3 19.8-36.3 29 16.8 11.5-24.0 29 16.2 10.1-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 113 *** *** *** 13 11.0 5.7-20.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 194 78 37.4 29.4-46.1 48 24.4 17.8-32.5 34 17.8 12.0-25.8 34 20.4 13.7-29.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 10.8 5.7-19.6 *** *** ***

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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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