2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 4,313 3,423 79.8 78.3-81.2 890 20.2 18.8-21.7
Medicaid Region 1 609 475 80.5 76.5-84.0 134 19.5 16.0-23.5
GENDER
Male 275 221 82.0 76.2-86.5 54 18.0 13.5-23.8
Female 334 254 79.2 73.2-84.1 80 20.8 15.9-26.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 497 393 81.4 76.9-85.1 104 18.6 14.9-23.1
Non-Hispanic Black 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 159 129 86.1 79.9-90.6 30 13.9 9.4-20.1
45-64 190 147 78.8 71.7-84.6 43 21.2 15.4-28.3
65+ 253 193 75.4 67.0-82.2 60 24.6 17.8-33.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 132 74.3 66.1-81.0 54 25.7 19.0-33.9
Some Post-H.S. 174 138 83.6 76.7-88.7 36 16.4 11.3-23.3
College Graduate 247 204 85.0 79.2-89.3 43 15.0 10.7-20.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 158 80.4 73.8-85.8 54 19.6 14.2-26.2
$50,000+ 242 198 83.1 77.3-87.7 44 16.9 12.3-22.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 149 116 77.0 66.3-85.1 33 23.0 14.9-33.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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