2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise

Muscle Strengthening Recommendations*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Met muscle strengthening Did not meet muscle strengthening
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,558 1,278 29.4 27.7-31.2 3,280 70.6 68.8-72.3
GENDER
Male 2,023 681 35.3 32.7-38.1 1,342 64.7 61.9-67.3
Female 2,535 597 23.9 21.8-26.2 1,938 76.1 73.8-78.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,998 1,149 29.7 27.8-31.6 2,849 70.3 68.4-72.2
No 545 125 27.5 22.6-33.0 420 72.5 67.0-77.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,292 442 36.7 33.3-40.3 850 63.3 59.7-66.7
Overweight 1,505 466 32.0 28.9-35.3 1,039 68.0 64.7-71.1
Obese 1,382 280 20.6 18.0-23.5 1,102 79.4 76.5-82.0
Current Smoker
Yes 719 167 24.8 20.8-29.2 552 75.2 70.8-79.2
No 3,823 1,106 30.3 28.4-32.3 2,717 69.7 67.7-71.6
History of CVD**
Yes 516 92 19.4 15.1-24.7 424 80.6 75.3-84.9
No 4,006 1,175 30.3 28.4-32.2 2,831 69.7 67.8-71.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 559 216 38.5 33.7-43.5 343 61.5 56.5-66.3
No 3,815 1,019 27.8 26.0-29.8 2,796 72.2 70.2-74.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 234 77 32.6 25.5-40.6 157 67.4 59.4-74.5
No 4,123 1,149 29.2 27.4-31.1 2,974 70.8 68.9-72.6
COPD
Yes 418 60 16.3 12.0-21.7 358 83.7 78.3-88.0
No 4,117 1,211 30.6 28.7-32.5 2,906 69.4 67.5-71.3
Current Asthma
Yes 427 101 27.2 21.8-33.3 326 72.8 66.7-78.2
No 4,105 1,172 29.7 27.9-31.6 2,933 70.3 68.4-72.1
Diabetes
Yes 621 107 16.6 13.3-20.6 514 83.4 79.4-86.7
No 3,932 1,170 31.0 29.1-33.0 2,762 69.0 67.0-70.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,454 291 21.5 18.8-24.6 1,163 78.5 75.4-81.2
No 3,079 978 32.4 30.3-34.6 2,101 67.6 65.4-69.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,466 282 19.9 17.3-22.9 1,184 80.1 77.1-82.7
No 3,092 995 32.9 30.8-35.1 2,097 67.1 64.9-69.2

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*This is a new recommendation (initiated in 2011) based on the type of physical activity respondents reported doing in the past month.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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