2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise

What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing during the past month?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Walking Gardening Running Weight lifting Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,073 1,780 57.4 55.0-59.8 206 6.6 5.5- 7.9 222 8.4 7.1- 9.9 193 7.1 6.0- 8.4 672 20.5 18.7-22.5
MALES 1,424 713 49.6 46.0-53.2 94 6.9 5.2- 9.1 142 10.7 8.8-13.0 132 10.0 8.2-12.3 343 22.8 20.1-25.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 879 453 53.2 48.7-57.6 66 6.8 4.9- 9.3 88 10.3 8.1-13.0 76 9.7 7.5-12.5 196 20.0 17.0-23.5
Non-Hispanic Black 215 122 53.2 44.6-61.7 11 4.9 2.2-10.7 12 7.0 3.9-12.4 20 9.9 6.1-15.8 50 24.9 18.2-33.1
Other 300 127 36.6 28.4-45.7 15 9.0 4.4-17.4 37 15.3 10.1-22.5 33 12.1 7.6-18.7 88 27.0 20.5-34.6
AGE
18-34 360 111 33.7 27.4-40.6 *** *** *** 74 19.1 14.8-24.3 68 18.8 14.5-24.1 105 27.6 22.5-33.4
35-44 219 100 49.5 40.8-58.3 15 6.1 3.4-10.8 33 15.5 10.2-22.9 12 4.3 2.2- 8.2 59 24.5 18.2-32.2
45-54 205 113 52.2 42.4-61.9 13 12.4 5.9-24.3 15 7.0 3.9-12.4 21 10.4 5.8-17.9 43 17.9 12.4-25.2
55-64 230 145 64.1 53.9-73.2 16 8.2 4.2-15.4 12 3.2 1.5- 6.7 14 6.2 3.3-11.3 43 18.3 11.4-28.0
65-74 235 142 60.8 52.4-68.6 25 12.2 7.7-18.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 53 19.4 14.0-26.4
75+ 151 93 66.2 55.4-75.6 20 10.7 6.3-17.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 35 21.3 13.7-31.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 89 *** *** *** 12 8.0 3.8-16.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 18.4 10.8-29.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 300 154 49.8 42.5-57.1 21 9.1 5.1-15.7 27 9.6 6.3-14.6 31 12.2 8.1-18.0 67 19.2 14.5-25.0
Some Post-H.S. 365 183 47.1 40.2-54.0 25 5.3 3.0- 9.4 30 9.9 6.6-14.6 45 12.5 9.0-17.1 82 25.2 19.7-31.7
College Graduate 661 331 50.4 45.5-55.3 34 5.6 3.7- 8.4 74 11.7 9.1-14.9 51 7.5 5.5-10.3 171 24.8 20.9-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 105 *** *** *** 11 10.8 4.9-22.1 14 11.8 6.4-20.9 *** *** *** 18 12.2 7.0-20.4
$35,000- 49,999 171 84 45.5 35.5-55.9 11 3.0 1.4- 6.3 18 12.2 6.9-20.8 23 13.4 7.9-21.9 35 25.8 17.6-36.1
$50,000- 74,999 196 91 46.1 37.1-55.4 14 6.2 3.4-10.8 15 7.2 4.1-12.2 22 11.2 7.0-17.4 54 29.4 21.9-38.2
$75,000+ 591 301 49.0 43.8-54.2 36 8.1 5.0-13.0 64 12.1 9.0-16.0 47 9.4 6.6-13.2 143 21.4 17.6-25.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 369 205 58.1 51.0-64.8 25 6.5 3.8-10.9 19 6.0 3.6- 9.8 31 6.2 4.0- 9.5 89 23.2 18.1-29.4
No 1,012 489 46.6 42.4-50.9 65 6.8 4.8- 9.6 118 12.3 9.9-15.2 97 11.4 9.1-14.3 243 22.8 19.6-26.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 348 159 46.2 39.1-53.4 23 4.9 3.0- 8.0 48 16.0 11.6-21.6 45 13.4 9.6-18.4 73 19.5 14.4-25.9
Non-Veteran 1,068 551 50.7 46.5-54.9 70 7.3 5.3-10.1 93 9.2 7.2-11.7 86 9.1 7.1-11.7 268 23.7 20.5-27.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 478 228 45.1 39.7-50.5 21 4.1 2.5- 6.8 55 10.6 7.8-14.2 44 10.8 7.7-14.9 130 29.5 24.7-34.7
Regional City or Suburban County 395 198 54.7 47.9-61.4 26 8.1 4.8-13.5 45 9.5 6.9-13.0 50 11.5 8.4-15.6 76 16.1 12.4-20.7
Rural 551 287 49.6 43.2-56.0 47 8.6 5.6-12.8 42 12.0 8.3-17.1 38 8.0 5.2-12.1 137 21.8 17.2-27.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 890 407 45.2 40.9-49.5 47 6.0 4.1- 8.5 118 13.7 11.1-16.8 99 12.4 9.9-15.5 219 22.7 19.5-26.3
Unemployed 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 17.1 9.1-29.8
Retired 358 212 62.1 54.4-69.3 43 11.6 7.8-16.9 *** *** *** 14 2.6 1.4- 4.8 82 21.4 16.0-27.9
Unable to Work 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 13.9 7.1-25.4
101% to 150% 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 19.9 12.0-31.3
More than 200% 896 443 47.1 42.8-51.5 58 7.0 4.8-10.3 96 12.1 9.5-15.3 85 10.2 7.9-13.1 214 23.5 20.0-27.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 413 205 49.0 41.9-56.1 29 7.3 4.3-12.1 45 14.7 10.3-20.6 36 8.8 6.0-12.7 98 20.2 15.1-26.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 396 205 51.1 44.1-58.1 33 8.7 5.1-14.3 34 9.6 6.4-14.1 32 8.3 5.5-12.4 92 22.3 17.5-28.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 615 303 48.8 43.7-54.0 32 5.4 3.6- 8.0 63 9.6 7.2-12.5 64 11.9 8.9-15.7 153 24.3 20.4-28.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 479 247 50.6 44.7-56.6 28 5.5 3.5- 8.6 50 9.6 7.0-13.1 43 10.7 7.4-15.2 111 23.6 19.2-28.7
2nd Quartile 403 192 49.7 43.2-56.2 24 5.8 3.5- 9.4 43 11.5 8.2-15.9 46 11.3 8.2-15.4 98 21.8 17.3-27.0
3rd Quartile 340 161 44.0 37.4-50.9 26 10.5 6.1-17.4 38 12.3 8.6-17.3 35 10.1 6.7-14.8 80 23.1 17.9-29.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 202 *** *** *** 16 6.8 2.6-16.4 11 8.3 3.2-20.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked only of those who reported any exercise in the past month.
NOTE: There are 10 exercise categories available for this question. The four categories featured in this table
had the highest frequency of any single category.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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