2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 390 299 76.5 71.3-81.0 91 23.5 19.0-28.7
GENDER
Male 187 146 78.8 71.5-84.7 41 21.2 15.3-28.5
Female 203 153 74.3 66.6-80.7 50 25.7 19.3-33.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 260 204 78.4 72.2-83.5 56 21.6 16.5-27.8
Non-Hispanic Black 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 116 83.7 76.2-89.2 27 16.3 10.8-23.8
45-64 128 97 73.3 63.7-81.1 31 26.7 18.9-36.3
65+ 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 96 68.9 59.9-76.7 46 31.1 23.3-40.1
Some Post-H.S. 100 78 81.0 71.4-87.9 22 19.0 12.1-28.6
College Graduate 147 124 83.5 74.7-89.6 23 16.5 10.4-25.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 119 81 67.5 56.9-76.5 38 32.5 23.5-43.1
$50,000+ 175 153 89.5 84.1-93.3 22 10.5 6.7-15.9
Don't know/Not Sure 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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