2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 4,313 3,423 79.8 78.3-81.2 890 20.2 18.8-21.7
GENDER
Male 1,972 1,616 82.3 80.2-84.2 356 17.7 15.8-19.8
Female 2,341 1,807 77.5 75.3-79.5 534 22.5 20.5-24.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,808 3,056 80.2 78.6-81.7 752 19.8 18.3-21.4
No 424 302 74.2 69.2-78.7 122 25.8 21.3-30.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,128 963 84.4 81.5-86.9 165 15.6 13.1-18.5
Overweight 1,357 1,110 83.3 80.8-85.4 247 16.7 14.6-19.2
Obese 1,353 1,001 74.1 71.2-76.9 352 25.9 23.1-28.8
Current Smoker
Yes 453 318 71.1 65.8-75.9 135 28.9 24.1-34.2
No 3,695 2,976 80.9 79.3-82.4 719 19.1 17.6-20.7
History of CVD**
Yes 446 311 68.5 62.5-73.9 135 31.5 26.1-37.5
No 3,828 3,081 80.9 79.4-82.4 747 19.1 17.6-20.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 504 434 85.6 81.3-89.0 70 14.4 11.0-18.7
No 3,519 2,759 78.9 77.2-80.5 760 21.1 19.5-22.8
Heavy Drinker
Yes 170 133 77.7 68.2-85.0 37 22.3 15.0-31.8
No 3,855 3,061 79.9 78.4-81.4 794 20.1 18.6-21.6
COPD
Yes 294 184 64.2 57.2-70.6 110 35.8 29.4-42.8
No 4,005 3,230 80.9 79.4-82.3 775 19.1 17.7-20.6
Current Asthma
Yes 408 302 76.3 71.4-80.7 106 23.7 19.3-28.6
No 3,883 3,102 80.1 78.5-81.6 781 19.9 18.4-21.5
Diabetes
Yes 578 389 67.3 62.4-71.9 189 32.7 28.1-37.6
No 3,731 3,030 81.7 80.1-83.1 701 18.3 16.9-19.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,309 886 69.0 65.8-72.0 423 31.0 28.0-34.2
No 2,859 2,420 84.4 82.7-86.0 439 15.6 14.0-17.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,320 936 70.9 67.8-73.9 384 29.1 26.1-32.2
No 2,993 2,487 83.3 81.6-84.8 506 16.7 15.2-18.4

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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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