2023 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise

During the past month, other than your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises
such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,079 3,092 78.1 76.4-79.8 987 21.9 20.2-23.6
GENDER
Male 1,800 1,432 80.0 77.3-82.4 368 20.0 17.6-22.7
Female 2,279 1,660 76.5 74.0-78.8 619 23.5 21.2-26.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,693 2,824 78.7 76.7-80.4 869 21.3 19.6-23.3
No 318 220 73.1 66.9-78.5 98 26.9 21.5-33.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,017 841 84.4 81.2-87.1 176 15.6 12.9-18.8
Overweight 1,310 1,042 81.1 77.9-84.0 268 18.9 16.0-22.1
Obese 1,320 919 72.3 68.8-75.6 401 27.7 24.4-31.2
Current Smoker
Yes 483 303 65.6 59.2-71.5 180 34.4 28.5-40.8
No 3,447 2,683 80.5 78.6-82.2 764 19.5 17.8-21.4
History of CVD**
Yes 435 263 62.9 56.1-69.3 172 37.1 30.7-43.9
No 3,618 2,811 79.8 78.0-81.5 807 20.2 18.5-22.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 463 387 83.4 77.9-87.7 76 16.6 12.3-22.1
No 3,315 2,491 77.6 75.6-79.5 824 22.4 20.5-24.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 194 154 82.7 75.4-88.3 40 17.3 11.7-24.6
No 3,592 2,730 78.3 76.4-80.1 862 21.7 19.9-23.6
COPD
Yes 320 179 57.3 49.0-65.2 141 42.7 34.8-51.0
No 3,744 2,905 79.8 78.0-81.5 839 20.2 18.5-22.0
Current Asthma
Yes 436 294 68.7 61.9-74.8 142 31.3 25.2-38.1
No 3,624 2,784 79.2 77.4-81.0 840 20.8 19.0-22.6
Diabetes
Yes 574 349 63.8 58.0-69.2 225 36.2 30.8-42.0
No 3,498 2,736 80.1 78.2-81.8 762 19.9 18.2-21.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,308 808 66.2 62.5-69.8 500 33.8 30.2-37.5
No 2,634 2,188 83.9 81.8-85.7 446 16.1 14.3-18.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,137 713 65.6 61.6-69.4 424 34.4 30.6-38.4
No 2,940 2,377 82.0 80.0-83.8 563 18.0 16.2-20.0

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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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