2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise

Aerobic Recommendations*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Met aerobic recommendations Did not meet aerobic recommendations
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,415 2,021 59.9 57.5-62.2 1,394 40.1 37.8-42.5
GENDER
Male 1,530 968 62.4 59.0-65.7 562 37.6 34.3-41.0
Female 1,885 1,053 57.5 54.2-60.7 832 42.5 39.3-45.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,118 1,868 60.4 57.9-62.8 1,250 39.6 37.2-42.1
No 246 126 54.4 46.4-62.2 120 45.6 37.8-53.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 879 586 65.0 60.2-69.4 293 35.0 30.6-39.8
Overweight 1,134 735 65.9 61.8-69.8 399 34.1 30.2-38.2
Obese 1,066 540 52.5 48.2-56.8 526 47.5 43.2-51.8
Current Smoker
Yes 400 187 45.4 38.1-53.0 213 54.6 47.0-61.9
No 2,891 1,768 62.5 60.0-64.9 1,123 37.5 35.1-40.0
History of CVD**
Yes 371 172 47.7 40.5-55.1 199 52.3 44.9-59.5
No 3,024 1,839 61.2 58.7-63.7 1,185 38.8 36.3-41.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 387 253 65.1 58.2-71.3 134 34.9 28.7-41.8
No 2,777 1,629 59.4 56.8-62.0 1,148 40.6 38.0-43.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 162 101 65.0 55.0-73.8 61 35.0 26.2-45.0
No 3,005 1,783 60.1 57.5-62.6 1,222 39.9 37.4-42.5
COPD
Yes 267 106 37.1 29.1-45.9 161 62.9 54.1-70.9
No 3,138 1,913 61.9 59.4-64.2 1,225 38.1 35.8-40.6
Current Asthma
Yes 354 164 47.4 39.3-55.6 190 52.6 44.4-60.7
No 3,045 1,848 61.4 59.0-63.8 1,197 38.6 36.2-41.0
Diabetes
Yes 481 217 47.9 41.6-54.3 264 52.1 45.7-58.4
No 2,930 1,801 61.5 59.0-64.0 1,129 38.5 36.0-41.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,088 502 49.9 45.6-54.2 586 50.1 45.8-54.4
No 2,213 1,457 64.5 61.5-67.3 756 35.5 32.7-38.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 958 444 47.7 43.1-52.2 514 52.3 47.8-56.9
No 2,456 1,577 63.8 61.1-66.4 879 36.2 33.6-38.9

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*This is a recommendation based on the type of physical activity respondents reported doing in the past month.

**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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