2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 1,296 863 68.9 65.2-72.3 433 31.1 27.7-34.8
Region 5 578 449 77.4 72.6-81.5 129 22.6 18.5-27.4
GENDER
Male 257 210 78.4 70.9-84.4 47 21.6 15.6-29.1
Female 321 239 76.5 70.2-81.8 82 23.5 18.2-29.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 298 81.4 76.0-85.9 65 18.6 14.1-24.0
Non-Hispanic Black 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 210 167 81.4 74.8-86.7 43 18.6 13.3-25.2
45-64 192 150 73.6 64.3-81.1 42 26.4 18.9-35.7
65+ 162 121 73.6 62.2-82.5 41 26.4 17.5-37.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 99 63.0 53.2-71.9 60 37.0 28.1-46.8
Some Post-H.S. 131 101 81.8 73.0-88.1 30 18.2 11.9-27.0
College Graduate 283 246 89.0 84.5-92.3 37 11.0 7.7-15.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 110 71.9 63.2-79.2 49 28.1 20.8-36.8
$50,000+ 283 246 84.6 78.1-89.5 37 15.4 10.5-21.9
Don't know/Not Sure 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 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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