2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 701 347 55.5 49.4-61.5 253 29.6 24.2-35.6 101 14.9 10.9-19.9
GENDER
Male 292 176 64.9 55.5-73.4 88 27.6 19.7-37.2 28 7.5 4.1-13.2
Female 409 171 46.3 38.5-54.2 165 31.6 24.7-39.3 73 22.2 15.7-30.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 293 171 59.1 51.8-66.0 82 26.8 20.9-33.7 40 14.1 9.5-20.3
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 315 *** *** *** *** *** *** 41 8.9 4.0-18.9
AGE
18-44 212 119 59.7 49.5-69.1 67 30.0 21.2-40.5 26 10.4 5.8-17.7
45-64 256 *** *** *** 111 36.0 26.8-46.3 30 15.3 8.0-27.5
65+ 224 113 60.6 50.2-70.1 73 22.4 15.2-31.9 38 17.0 10.9-25.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 104 45.0 35.1-55.3 *** *** *** 43 19.0 12.1-28.7
Some Post-H.S. 211 101 63.3 52.9-72.5 79 25.5 17.7-35.3 31 11.2 6.2-19.4
College Graduate 237 141 62.0 52.2-71.0 70 24.7 17.7-33.4 26 13.2 7.1-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 111 46.4 36.6-56.6 115 32.4 24.1-42.0 40 21.2 13.2-32.1
$50,000+ 269 164 65.5 56.4-73.6 78 24.6 17.6-33.2 27 9.9 5.5-17.3
Don't know/Not Sure 159 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 14.3 8.0-24.4

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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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