2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,803 595 33.4 30.4-36.7 821 44.6 41.4-47.8 387 22.0 19.4-24.8
Female 2,285 621 26.4 23.9-29.0 1,090 46.7 43.8-49.6 574 26.9 24.4-29.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,699 1,117 30.0 27.9-32.2 1,740 46.1 43.9-48.4 842 23.9 21.9-25.9
No 319 82 27.5 21.4-34.6 141 42.9 36.1-50.0 96 29.6 23.4-36.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,019 365 34.2 30.3-38.2 448 45.1 40.9-49.4 206 20.7 17.5-24.3
Overweight 1,311 459 35.2 31.5-39.2 576 42.2 38.4-46.0 276 22.6 19.5-26.0
Obese 1,326 299 24.6 21.3-28.3 673 48.4 44.6-52.3 354 27.0 23.7-30.5
Current Smoker
Yes 485 116 25.3 19.5-32.2 255 51.2 44.4-58.0 114 23.5 18.3-29.7
No 3,454 1,055 30.7 28.5-32.9 1,584 44.5 42.3-46.9 815 24.8 22.8-26.9
History of CVD**
Yes 437 101 22.2 17.3-28.1 231 49.3 42.4-56.2 105 28.4 22.1-35.8
No 3,625 1,106 30.5 28.4-32.7 1,670 45.4 43.1-47.7 849 24.1 22.2-26.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 463 136 29.9 24.5-35.9 223 47.6 41.6-53.7 104 22.5 18.0-27.7
No 3,324 991 29.9 27.7-32.2 1,546 45.4 43.0-47.8 787 24.7 22.7-26.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 62 28.3 20.5-37.7 89 42.4 33.2-52.0 43 29.4 20.8-39.6
No 3,601 1,068 30.1 27.9-32.3 1,679 45.5 43.2-47.8 854 24.4 22.5-26.4
COPD
Yes 322 68 20.0 14.8-26.6 180 59.5 51.4-67.1 74 20.5 14.9-27.4
No 3,751 1,148 30.6 28.6-32.8 1,721 44.6 42.3-46.8 882 24.8 22.9-26.8
Current Asthma
Yes 440 100 25.7 19.4-33.2 230 54.1 46.8-61.1 110 20.2 15.8-25.5
No 3,629 1,110 30.3 28.2-32.4 1,673 44.7 42.5-47.0 846 25.0 23.0-27.1
Diabetes
Yes 577 137 23.4 19.0-28.5 303 52.3 46.3-58.3 137 24.3 19.2-30.1
No 3,504 1,079 30.7 28.6-33.0 1,606 44.8 42.5-47.1 819 24.5 22.5-26.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,315 308 24.3 21.1-27.9 704 49.9 46.0-53.8 303 25.8 22.4-29.5
No 2,635 867 32.3 29.8-34.9 1,142 43.8 41.2-46.5 626 23.9 21.7-26.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,145 274 23.5 20.3-27.0 604 52.4 48.2-56.6 267 24.1 20.6-28.1
No 2,941 942 31.7 29.4-34.2 1,306 43.6 41.1-46.1 693 24.7 22.6-26.9

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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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