2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 978 438 46.4 41.4-51.4 369 33.3 28.9-38.1 171 20.3 16.5-24.8
GENDER
Male 411 214 51.7 44.0-59.2 139 31.7 25.2-39.0 58 16.6 11.6-23.3
Female 567 224 41.4 35.3-47.8 230 34.9 29.0-41.2 113 23.7 18.4-30.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 412 218 51.8 45.5-58.1 125 30.3 24.8-36.4 69 17.9 13.3-23.6
Non-Hispanic Black 165 52 28.1 19.5-38.5 *** *** *** 38 28.2 19.0-39.7
Other 386 *** *** *** 164 32.5 23.0-43.7 60 16.6 10.3-25.8
AGE
18-44 322 156 50.5 42.8-58.2 106 30.3 23.8-37.6 60 19.3 14.0-25.8
45-64 346 142 38.4 30.7-46.7 153 41.7 33.3-50.5 51 19.9 13.0-29.3
65+ 294 140 52.7 42.5-62.6 106 29.0 21.6-37.7 48 18.3 11.2-28.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 320 113 39.4 31.0-48.4 141 35.3 27.4-44.2 66 25.3 18.1-34.2
Some Post-H.S. 303 137 51.1 42.6-59.5 114 31.3 24.3-39.4 52 17.6 12.1-24.9
College Graduate 352 186 50.1 42.8-57.4 114 33.3 26.7-40.7 52 16.6 11.5-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 360 130 33.1 25.3-42.0 157 37.5 29.7-46.0 73 29.4 21.6-38.7
$50,000+ 394 221 56.5 49.4-63.2 120 28.4 22.6-35.1 53 15.1 10.3-21.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 215 *** *** *** *** *** *** 43 16.0 10.1-24.3

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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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