2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,803 968 52.0 48.8-55.2 562 31.3 28.4-34.3 273 16.7 14.4-19.3
Female 2,285 1,053 46.6 43.7-49.5 832 34.5 31.7-37.3 400 18.9 16.7-21.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,699 1,868 50.0 47.7-52.3 1,250 32.8 30.7-35.0 581 17.2 15.5-19.1
No 319 126 42.1 35.2-49.4 120 35.3 29.0-42.2 73 22.5 17.1-29.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,019 586 55.2 50.9-59.5 293 29.8 25.8-34.0 140 15.0 12.2-18.2
Overweight 1,311 735 56.2 52.3-60.0 399 29.1 25.7-32.7 177 14.8 12.2-17.7
Obese 1,326 540 41.4 37.6-45.2 526 37.4 33.8-41.1 260 21.2 18.2-24.6
Current Smoker
Yes 485 187 36.8 30.5-43.6 213 44.2 37.6-51.0 85 19.0 14.1-25.1
No 3,454 1,768 51.5 49.2-53.8 1,123 30.9 28.8-33.1 563 17.6 15.9-19.4
History of CVD**
Yes 437 172 38.9 32.4-45.7 199 42.5 35.9-49.4 66 18.6 13.1-25.7
No 3,625 1,839 50.3 48.0-52.6 1,185 31.9 29.8-34.1 601 17.8 16.1-19.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 463 253 53.6 47.5-59.7 134 28.8 23.5-34.8 76 17.6 13.5-22.6
No 3,324 1,629 48.9 46.5-51.4 1,148 33.4 31.2-35.8 547 17.6 15.8-19.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 101 49.0 39.4-58.7 61 26.4 19.5-34.7 32 24.6 16.5-35.0
No 3,601 1,783 49.6 47.3-51.9 1,222 33.0 30.8-35.2 596 17.4 15.8-19.3
COPD
Yes 322 106 31.6 24.8-39.3 161 53.6 45.5-61.6 55 14.8 10.5-20.5
No 3,751 1,913 50.7 48.5-53.0 1,225 31.3 29.2-33.4 613 18.0 16.3-19.8
Current Asthma
Yes 440 164 39.7 32.8-47.0 190 44.1 37.0-51.4 86 16.3 12.3-21.2
No 3,629 1,848 50.3 48.1-52.6 1,197 31.6 29.6-33.8 584 18.0 16.3-19.9
Diabetes
Yes 577 217 39.8 34.1-45.8 264 43.2 37.5-49.2 96 17.0 12.5-22.7
No 3,504 1,801 50.5 48.2-52.9 1,129 31.6 29.4-33.8 574 17.9 16.2-19.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,315 502 40.1 36.3-44.0 586 40.2 36.5-44.0 227 19.7 16.6-23.1
No 2,635 1,457 53.6 50.9-56.3 756 29.6 27.1-32.1 422 16.8 14.9-18.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,145 444 39.7 35.7-43.9 514 43.6 39.5-47.9 187 16.6 13.6-20.2
No 2,941 1,577 52.2 49.7-54.7 879 29.6 27.4-32.0 485 18.2 16.3-20.2

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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