2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
Region 5 634 514 82.3 78.7-85.4 120 17.7 14.6-21.3
GENDER
Male 271 227 85.3 80.2-89.2 44 14.7 10.8-19.8
Female 363 287 79.6 74.2-84.1 76 20.4 15.9-25.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 369 319 86.3 81.7-89.9 50 13.7 10.1-18.3
Non-Hispanic Black 122 88 76.7 67.8-83.8 34 23.3 16.2-32.2
Other 136 102 75.6 65.8-83.3 34 24.4 16.7-34.2
AGE
18-44 262 219 86.2 81.0-90.1 43 13.8 9.9-19.0
45-64 197 160 81.5 74.5-86.9 37 18.5 13.1-25.5
65+ 165 125 74.4 65.5-81.7 40 25.6 18.3-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 134 76.3 69.0-82.2 55 23.7 17.8-31.0
Some Post-H.S. 155 123 81.6 74.0-87.3 32 18.4 12.7-26.0
College Graduate 286 254 89.5 84.9-92.7 32 10.5 7.3-15.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 198 141 72.2 64.4-78.9 57 27.8 21.1-35.6
$50,000+ 274 241 88.0 83.0-91.7 33 12.0 8.3-17.0
Don't know/Not Sure 155 126 83.5 76.0-89.0 29 16.5 11.0-24.0

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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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