2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 530 415 78.7 74.0-82.8 115 21.3 17.2-26.0
GENDER
Male 253 209 81.0 73.6-86.7 44 19.0 13.3-26.4
Female 277 206 76.6 70.1-82.0 71 23.4 18.0-29.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 300 243 81.9 76.0-86.6 57 18.1 13.4-24.0
Non-Hispanic Black 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 213 178 81.8 74.1-87.5 35 18.2 12.5-25.9
45-64 169 134 80.2 72.3-86.3 35 19.8 13.7-27.7
65+ 137 95 69.3 58.3-78.5 42 30.7 21.5-41.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 94 62.6 52.8-71.5 59 37.4 28.5-47.2
Some Post-H.S. 144 116 86.3 79.6-91.0 28 13.7 9.0-20.4
College Graduate 228 200 88.4 81.6-92.9 28 11.6 7.1-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 109 71.7 62.3-79.5 48 28.3 20.5-37.7
$50,000+ 245 212 84.3 77.0-89.6 33 15.7 10.4-23.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 92 77.3 66.6-85.3 29 22.7 14.7-33.4

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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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