2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Exercise

Adults that participated in 300 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
300+ minutes 0-299 minutes Don’t know/Not Sure/Refused/Missing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,088 1,216 29.7 27.8-31.8 1,911 45.7 43.5-47.8 961 24.6 22.7-26.5
Medicaid Region 6 533 170 31.8 27.0-37.0 272 51.1 45.7-56.5 91 17.1 13.3-21.6
GENDER
Male 238 75 32.4 25.4-40.3 129 52.4 44.5-60.2 34 15.2 10.1-22.2
Female 295 95 31.2 24.9-38.2 143 49.9 42.5-57.2 57 19.0 13.9-25.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 329 115 32.7 26.8-39.3 167 54.0 47.2-60.7 47 13.3 9.5-18.2
Non-Hispanic Black 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** 27 21.8 13.9-32.5
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 178 50 27.4 20.2-36.0 94 53.8 44.9-62.5 34 18.8 12.6-27.2
45-64 180 51 27.9 20.6-36.5 102 57.3 48.3-65.8 27 14.8 9.4-22.5
65+ 174 69 44.7 35.4-54.3 76 38.8 30.0-48.5 29 16.5 10.8-24.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 56 31.5 23.9-40.2 89 49.4 40.2-58.6 32 19.2 12.4-28.4
Some Post-H.S. 169 49 31.0 22.9-40.4 90 53.6 44.3-62.6 30 15.4 10.1-22.8
College Graduate 184 64 33.3 25.6-42.1 91 50.0 41.2-58.8 29 16.7 11.0-24.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 51 29.9 22.0-39.1 100 49.0 39.9-58.1 38 21.2 14.0-30.7
$50,000+ 234 91 38.2 30.8-46.2 108 46.7 39.0-54.6 35 15.1 10.4-21.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 105 28 23.8 15.4-34.8 *** *** *** 18 14.9 8.6-24.5

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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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