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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 1,649 1,067 64.9 61.6-68.1 112 6.3 5.0- 8.1 80 6.1 4.5- 8.3 61 4.3 3.1- 5.8 329 18.4 16.0-21.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,806 1,626 57.6 55.0-60.1 190 6.5 5.4- 7.9 198 8.3 6.9- 9.9 179 7.2 6.1- 8.6 613 20.4 18.5-22.5
No 219 131 58.8 49.9-67.2 *** *** *** 19 8.9 5.1-15.2 *** *** *** 46 21.0 14.6-29.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 838 428 48.7 44.0-53.4 49 5.1 3.6- 7.1 97 12.3 9.4-16.0 69 9.2 7.0-12.1 195 24.7 20.8-29.1
Overweight 1,034 573 55.9 51.6-60.2 70 7.5 5.3-10.5 82 9.0 7.0-11.6 73 7.6 5.8- 9.9 236 19.9 17.0-23.2
Obese 912 600 66.7 62.5-70.7 66 7.5 5.5-10.1 27 4.2 2.7- 6.5 38 4.3 2.9- 6.4 181 17.3 14.4-20.7
Current Smoker
Yes 299 188 65.5 57.5-72.7 32 10.5 6.8-16.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 57 16.0 11.5-21.8
No 2,669 1,532 56.3 53.7-58.9 171 6.3 5.1- 7.7 200 8.6 7.2-10.2 179 7.8 6.5- 9.3 587 21.1 19.1-23.2
History of CVD**
Yes 256 173 68.5 60.3-75.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 58 22.2 16.2-29.7
No 2,799 1,596 56.4 53.8-58.9 190 6.7 5.5- 8.1 217 9.0 7.6-10.6 185 7.5 6.3- 8.9 611 20.4 18.5-22.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 385 196 54.6 48.1-60.9 19 3.6 2.1- 6.0 37 8.9 6.2-12.5 41 10.3 7.0-14.9 92 22.6 17.9-28.1
No 2,475 1,464 58.0 55.3-60.8 170 6.8 5.5- 8.3 163 7.9 6.4- 9.6 141 6.7 5.5- 8.2 537 20.6 18.5-22.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 153 95 66.4 55.8-75.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 15.9 10.1-24.1
No 2,712 1,569 57.0 54.4-59.6 180 6.5 5.3- 7.9 194 8.3 7.0-10.0 171 7.3 6.1- 8.7 598 20.9 18.9-23.0
COPD
Yes 175 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 16.6 10.5-25.2
No 2,891 1,653 56.7 54.2-59.2 189 6.6 5.4- 8.0 217 8.6 7.3-10.1 189 7.3 6.2- 8.7 643 20.8 18.9-22.8
Current Asthma
Yes 291 171 56.5 47.2-65.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 6.6 3.8-11.4 75 23.6 17.4-31.2
No 2,768 1,600 57.5 54.9-60.0 188 6.8 5.6- 8.2 211 8.5 7.2- 9.9 174 7.0 5.9- 8.4 595 20.3 18.4-22.3
Diabetes
Yes 348 231 62.5 54.8-69.7 25 8.6 5.1-14.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 77 23.4 17.6-30.5
No 2,718 1,543 56.7 54.1-59.3 181 6.4 5.2- 7.8 215 9.0 7.6-10.6 184 7.6 6.4- 9.0 595 20.3 18.4-22.3
Functional Disability
Yes 800 500 64.3 59.7-68.6 54 6.2 4.3- 8.9 27 3.9 2.5- 6.0 41 4.6 3.2- 6.7 178 21.0 17.5-24.9
No 2,177 1,223 54.7 51.7-57.6 146 6.7 5.4- 8.3 188 10.0 8.3-12.0 147 8.1 6.6- 9.8 473 20.6 18.4-22.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 704 455 66.0 60.9-70.7 56 7.0 4.9-10.1 *** *** *** 27 3.7 2.4- 5.7 154 20.9 17.1-25.3
No 2,367 1,324 55.3 52.5-58.1 150 6.5 5.2- 8.0 210 9.8 8.3-11.6 165 7.9 6.6- 9.4 518 20.5 18.4-22.7

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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.

**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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