2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 881 710 81.1 77.9-84.0 171 18.9 16.0-22.1
GENDER
Male 414 333 81.4 76.7-85.4 81 18.6 14.6-23.3
Female 467 377 80.9 76.2-84.9 90 19.1 15.1-23.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 495 415 83.5 79.1-87.1 80 16.5 12.9-20.9
Non-Hispanic Black 178 140 81.2 74.2-86.6 38 18.8 13.4-25.8
Other 199 148 73.3 65.0-80.1 51 26.7 19.9-35.0
AGE
18-44 366 305 84.3 79.7-87.9 61 15.7 12.1-20.3
45-64 285 230 82.2 76.4-86.8 55 17.8 13.2-23.6
65+ 208 156 71.1 62.0-78.8 52 28.9 21.2-38.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 254 177 72.4 65.4-78.5 77 27.6 21.5-34.6
Some Post-H.S. 220 180 84.8 79.3-89.1 40 15.2 10.9-20.7
College Graduate 402 348 86.4 81.9-89.9 54 13.6 10.1-18.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 244 170 70.7 63.3-77.1 74 29.3 22.9-36.7
$50,000+ 427 385 89.3 85.5-92.2 42 10.7 7.8-14.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 200 149 76.5 68.4-83.1 51 23.5 16.9-31.6

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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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