2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Exercise

Aerobic Recommendations*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Met aerobic recommendations Did not meet aerobic recommendations
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,415 2,021 59.9 57.5-62.2 1,394 40.1 37.8-42.5
Western 454 285 61.3 54.8-67.5 169 38.7 32.5-45.2
GENDER
Male 193 130 61.0 51.3-70.0 63 39.0 30.0-48.7
Female 261 155 61.6 53.0-69.7 106 38.4 30.3-47.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 382 245 60.7 53.7-67.3 137 39.3 32.7-46.3
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 189 133 69.3 60.4-77.0 56 30.7 23.0-39.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 284 197 67.9 59.5-75.3 87 32.1 24.7-40.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 403 247 60.1 53.1-66.6 156 39.9 33.4-46.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 187 119 63.2 53.4-72.1 68 36.8 27.9-46.6
Unemployed 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 235 164 69.8 60.7-77.6 71 30.2 22.4-39.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 346 224 61.5 53.9-68.6 122 38.5 31.4-46.1
Rent 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 319 187 59.3 51.4-66.8 132 40.7 33.2-48.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 199 125 60.6 50.0-70.4 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 145 105 66.4 55.7-75.7 40 33.6 24.3-44.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 238 159 61.3 52.4-69.5 79 38.7 30.5-47.6
2nd Quartile 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*This is a recommendation based on the type of physical activity respondents reported doing in the past month.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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