2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Exercise

Adults that participated in 300 minutes (or vigorous equivalent minutes)
of physical activity per week (CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 300+ minutes 0-299 minutes Don’t know/Not Sure/Refused/Missing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,088 1,216 29.7 27.8-31.8 1,911 45.7 43.5-47.8 961 24.6 22.7-26.5
Region 8 701 211 32.4 27.2-38.1 334 46.3 40.3-52.3 156 21.4 16.8-26.7
GENDER
Male 292 104 38.5 30.4-47.4 136 49.9 40.9-58.8 52 11.6 7.4-17.6
Female 409 107 26.3 20.3-33.3 198 42.7 35.1-50.6 104 31.0 23.8-39.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 293 109 35.1 28.7-42.2 123 44.8 37.7-52.1 61 20.1 14.8-26.6
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 315 *** *** *** *** *** *** 70 18.0 10.4-29.3
AGE
18-44 212 57 27.1 19.8-35.9 107 55.5 46.0-64.6 48 17.4 11.6-25.4
45-64 256 72 29.6 21.4-39.4 *** *** *** 48 22.2 13.8-33.7
65+ 224 *** *** *** 89 29.0 20.7-39.0 53 22.5 15.4-31.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 66 27.4 19.6-37.0 *** *** *** 63 25.0 17.3-34.8
Some Post-H.S. 211 59 35.3 26.1-45.7 110 49.6 39.4-59.9 42 15.1 9.1-23.9
College Graduate 237 85 36.4 27.8-45.9 102 39.6 30.8-49.1 50 24.0 16.3-34.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 75 28.4 20.3-38.2 137 47.5 37.5-57.6 54 24.1 15.9-34.8
$50,000+ 269 95 40.2 31.7-49.3 120 41.7 33.2-50.8 54 18.1 12.2-25.9
Don't know/Not Sure 159 40 26.5 17.5-37.9 *** *** *** 45 23.0 14.6-34.4

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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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