2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 533 281 52.8 47.5-58.1 188 34.5 29.6-39.7 64 12.7 9.3-17.1
GENDER
Male 238 130 55.3 47.5-62.8 82 32.0 25.2-39.6 26 12.7 8.0-19.7
Female 295 151 50.4 43.1-57.8 106 36.9 30.0-44.4 38 12.7 8.4-18.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 329 189 56.3 49.5-62.8 106 33.4 27.3-40.2 34 10.3 7.0-14.9
Non-Hispanic Black 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 14.9 8.2-25.5
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 178 102 54.6 45.7-63.3 51 31.4 23.7-40.3 25 13.9 8.5-22.1
45-64 180 83 43.6 35.2-52.4 78 44.5 35.8-53.5 19 11.9 7.0-19.7
65+ 174 96 60.6 51.4-69.2 59 28.1 20.9-36.5 19 11.3 6.6-18.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 80 46.6 37.7-55.8 71 37.2 28.7-46.5 26 16.2 9.9-25.5
Some Post-H.S. 169 86 55.0 45.9-63.7 60 33.1 25.2-42.2 23 11.9 7.2-19.0
College Graduate 184 113 59.1 50.3-67.5 56 32.4 24.7-41.3 15 8.4 4.7-14.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 89 51.8 42.7-60.8 71 31.3 23.9-39.7 29 16.9 10.2-26.6
$50,000+ 234 144 59.7 51.7-67.1 69 29.7 23.0-37.4 21 10.7 6.7-16.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 10.3 5.4-18.6

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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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