2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 677 537 81.4 77.5-84.8 140 18.6 15.2-22.5
GENDER
Male 308 253 83.4 77.2-88.1 55 16.6 11.9-22.8
Female 369 284 79.6 74.0-84.2 85 20.4 15.8-26.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 376 312 85.6 81.0-89.3 64 14.4 10.7-19.0
Non-Hispanic Black 143 98 66.0 55.2-75.3 45 34.0 24.7-44.8
Other 145 114 86.8 80.0-91.6 31 13.2 8.4-20.0
AGE
18-44 265 227 87.2 81.5-91.3 38 12.8 8.7-18.5
45-64 226 177 81.2 74.1-86.7 49 18.8 13.3-25.9
65+ 181 130 68.6 58.5-77.2 51 31.4 22.8-41.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 125 75.6 66.7-82.7 51 24.4 17.3-33.3
Some Post-H.S. 150 109 77.2 68.5-84.0 41 22.8 16.0-31.5
College Graduate 349 301 89.2 85.2-92.2 48 10.8 7.8-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 124 75.0 66.0-82.3 53 25.0 17.7-34.0
$50,000+ 367 316 87.5 82.8-91.1 51 12.5 8.9-17.2
Don't know/Not Sure 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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