2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 733 267 37.1 31.7-42.9 97 16.2 12.4-20.9 87 14.9 11.4-19.1 282 31.8 26.3-37.8
GENDER
Male 318 130 40.0 31.8-48.8 49 17.8 12.2-25.2 42 14.9 10.2-21.3 97 27.3 19.4-36.8
Female 415 137 34.1 27.4-41.5 48 14.6 10.0-20.8 45 14.8 10.2-21.1 185 36.4 29.4-44.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 314 143 42.8 36.1-49.8 46 16.3 11.6-22.5 34 12.6 8.7-17.8 91 28.3 22.1-35.4
Non-Hispanic Black 117 25 16.4 9.6-26.4 17 14.7 7.7-26.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 293 *** *** *** *** *** *** 27 12.7 6.4-23.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 229 79 35.3 26.6-45.1 44 22.7 16.0-31.2 45 19.1 13.2-26.8 61 22.9 15.0-33.3
45-64 278 90 30.4 23.0-39.1 35 14.6 9.0-22.7 34 16.0 10.4-23.9 119 39.0 29.8-49.0
65+ 222 98 51.6 41.2-61.9 18 6.2 3.0-12.3 *** *** *** 98 36.9 27.7-47.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 227 66 31.5 22.6-41.9 20 13.5 7.3-23.7 18 11.1 6.0-19.8 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 232 *** *** *** 35 18.3 12.3-26.3 32 14.8 9.5-22.4 82 26.3 18.8-35.4
College Graduate 272 117 40.1 32.4-48.2 41 15.9 10.6-23.2 37 19.7 13.9-27.2 77 24.3 17.7-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 87 27.8 20.3-36.9 26 14.1 8.4-22.6 28 13.7 8.4-21.5 129 44.4 34.8-54.5
$50,000+ 300 127 44.1 36.6-52.0 53 17.7 12.5-24.4 43 18.2 13.0-24.8 77 20.0 14.3-27.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 157 *** *** *** 18 17.0 9.1-29.6 16 11.5 6.0-21.1 *** *** ***

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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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