2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 614 488 79.7 75.5-83.3 126 20.3 16.7-24.5
GENDER
Male 278 230 82.7 76.9-87.2 48 17.3 12.8-23.1
Female 336 258 77.0 70.7-82.2 78 23.0 17.8-29.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 397 332 83.4 78.4-87.4 65 16.6 12.6-21.6
Non-Hispanic Black 102 74 72.6 61.1-81.6 28 27.4 18.4-38.9
Other 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 215 171 80.7 73.7-86.2 44 19.3 13.8-26.3
45-64 202 157 75.4 67.4-81.9 45 24.6 18.1-32.6
65+ 184 147 81.5 73.8-87.3 37 18.5 12.7-26.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 143 71.0 62.8-78.1 64 29.0 21.9-37.2
Some Post-H.S. 167 132 81.9 74.6-87.5 35 18.1 12.5-25.4
College Graduate 234 208 88.5 83.1-92.4 26 11.5 7.6-16.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 143 68.1 59.8-75.5 62 31.9 24.5-40.2
$50,000+ 244 210 86.1 80.1-90.6 34 13.9 9.4-19.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 156 127 83.2 75.0-89.1 29 16.8 10.9-25.0

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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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