2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 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
Region 1 & 2 447 245 54.1 47.6-60.5 138 32.8 26.9-39.2 64 13.1 9.7-17.6
GENDER
Male 190 111 55.9 46.4-64.9 50 32.0 23.8-41.6 29 12.1 7.8-18.3
Female 257 134 52.4 43.5-61.1 88 33.5 25.6-42.4 35 14.1 9.3-20.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 366 208 53.7 46.7-60.5 109 33.4 27.0-40.4 49 12.9 9.2-17.9
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 10.3 4.6-21.5
AGE
18-44 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 14.0 8.5-22.3
45-64 145 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 9.7 5.7-16.1
65+ 184 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 12.4 6.4-22.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 11.9 6.6-20.4
Some Post-H.S. 141 *** *** *** *** *** *** 26 15.7 9.8-24.3
College Graduate 181 116 62.2 52.7-70.9 46 27.3 19.6-36.7 19 10.5 6.2-17.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 *** *** *** 49 30.0 21.3-40.5 20 10.6 5.7-18.7
$50,000+ 185 110 57.9 48.2-67.0 51 29.2 21.0-39.0 24 12.9 8.0-20.3
Don't know/Not Sure 103 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 18.5 10.9-29.7

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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 2021 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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