2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 609 475 80.5 76.5-84.0 134 19.5 16.0-23.5
Region 3 343 268 77.5 71.4-82.6 75 22.5 17.4-28.6
Region 4 872 703 81.3 78.0-84.1 169 18.7 15.9-22.0
Region 5 634 514 82.3 78.7-85.4 120 17.7 14.6-21.3
Region 6 307 244 77.0 70.7-82.3 63 23.0 17.7-29.3
Region 7 810 658 82.2 78.9-85.1 152 17.8 14.9-21.1
Region 8 390 299 76.5 71.3-81.0 91 23.5 19.0-28.7
Region 9 & 10 348 262 76.1 70.3-81.1 86 23.9 18.9-29.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,169 892 77.3 74.4-80.0 277 22.7 20.0-25.6
Piedmont 2,399 1,948 81.2 79.2-83.0 451 18.8 17.0-20.8
Western NC 745 583 80.5 76.7-83.8 162 19.5 16.2-23.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 523 416 82.6 78.6-86.0 107 17.4 14.0-21.4
Northwest 603 462 77.7 73.3-81.6 141 22.3 18.4-26.7
Charlotte 707 575 81.6 78.0-84.7 132 18.4 15.3-22.0
Greensboro 484 393 82.2 77.9-85.7 91 17.8 14.3-22.1
Southern Regional 355 265 74.0 68.1-79.1 90 26.0 20.9-31.9
Southeast 217 174 80.7 73.8-86.2 43 19.3 13.8-26.2
Wake 879 728 83.4 80.4-86.1 151 16.6 13.9-19.6
Area L & Eastern 545 410 76.1 71.6-80.1 135 23.9 19.9-28.4
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 609 475 80.5 76.5-84.0 134 19.5 16.0-23.5
Region 2 614 488 79.7 75.5-83.3 126 20.3 16.7-24.5
Region 3 881 710 81.1 77.9-84.0 171 18.9 16.0-22.1
Region 4 1,143 931 82.5 79.7-84.9 212 17.5 15.1-20.3
Region 5 583 449 75.8 71.3-79.8 134 24.2 20.2-28.7
Region 6 483 370 77.6 72.9-81.7 113 22.4 18.3-27.1

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See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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