2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

Exercise

Adults that participated in 150 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 150+ minutes 0-149 minutes Don’t know/Not Sure/Refused/Missing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,088 2,021 49.2 47.0-51.3 1,394 32.9 30.9-35.0 673 17.9 16.3-19.6
Medicaid Region 4 961 494 51.1 47.1-55.2 309 32.4 28.7-36.5 158 16.4 13.8-19.5
GENDER
Male 441 246 55.2 49.2-61.1 126 29.8 24.4-35.8 69 15.0 11.4-19.4
Female 520 248 47.3 41.9-52.8 183 34.9 29.7-40.5 89 17.8 14.1-22.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 572 318 54.4 49.3-59.4 167 28.6 24.2-33.4 87 17.0 13.5-21.3
Non-Hispanic Black 185 79 41.9 33.3-50.9 76 45.7 36.7-55.0 30 12.4 8.2-18.4
Other 188 89 52.3 42.7-61.8 63 29.0 20.8-38.8 36 18.7 12.9-26.2
AGE
18-44 379 194 52.2 45.9-58.3 120 31.1 25.5-37.3 65 16.7 12.9-21.4
45-64 311 162 53.3 46.4-60.2 98 30.6 24.6-37.5 51 16.0 11.6-21.7
65+ 259 138 48.3 40.0-56.6 87 38.6 30.5-47.5 34 13.1 8.5-19.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 235 89 40.4 32.7-48.6 87 36.8 29.2-45.1 59 22.9 17.2-29.7
Some Post-H.S. 213 103 50.2 41.9-58.5 88 40.9 32.9-49.5 22 8.8 5.5-14.0
College Graduate 508 301 60.8 55.7-65.7 133 23.5 19.6-27.9 74 15.7 12.2-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 103 45.8 38.0-53.8 96 38.6 30.8-46.9 46 15.6 11.2-21.4
$50,000+ 527 310 56.3 50.8-61.7 146 28.8 23.9-34.2 71 14.9 11.5-19.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 180 76 42.8 34.2-51.8 64 35.6 27.3-44.8 40 21.6 15.4-29.5

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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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