2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 700 505 82.1 77.5-85.9 195 17.9 14.1-22.5
GENDER
Male 292 230 86.8 80.6-91.2 62 13.2 8.8-19.4
Female 408 275 77.4 70.3-83.2 133 22.6 16.8-29.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 293 232 82.5 76.4-87.3 61 17.5 12.7-23.6
Non-Hispanic Black 84 62 86.2 74.8-92.9 22 13.8 7.1-25.2
Other 315 205 74.9 63.2-83.8 110 25.1 16.2-36.8
AGE
18-44 212 170 86.9 79.8-91.7 42 13.1 8.3-20.2
45-64 256 172 76.9 67.3-84.4 84 23.1 15.6-32.7
65+ 223 156 78.7 69.3-85.9 67 21.3 14.1-30.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 159 75.7 67.0-82.7 91 24.3 17.3-33.0
Some Post-H.S. 210 156 86.5 77.6-92.2 54 13.5 7.8-22.4
College Graduate 237 188 86.5 79.7-91.2 49 13.5 8.8-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 170 76.9 68.5-83.6 95 23.1 16.4-31.5
$50,000+ 269 215 86.6 79.0-91.7 54 13.4 8.3-21.0
Don't know/Not Sure 159 114 81.1 70.4-88.5 45 18.9 11.5-29.6

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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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