2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

Exercise

Aerobic and Strengthening Guidelines* (2-LEVEL)
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Met both guidelines Did not meet both guidelines
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,355 829 26.0 23.9-28.3 2,526 74.0 71.7-76.1
Medicaid Region 2 467 92 18.7 14.3-24.1 375 81.3 75.9-85.7
GENDER
Male 210 45 18.5 13.0-25.7 165 81.5 74.3-87.0
Female 257 47 18.9 12.5-27.5 210 81.1 72.5-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 330 64 16.5 11.8-22.7 266 83.5 77.3-88.2
Non-Hispanic Black 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 144 29 20.9 13.3-31.3 115 79.1 68.7-86.7
45-64 172 37 17.3 11.6-25.1 135 82.7 74.9-88.4
65+ 149 26 16.7 10.1-26.3 123 83.3 73.7-89.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 20 13.7 7.3-24.2 128 86.3 75.8-92.7
Some Post-H.S. 113 17 14.3 8.1-24.2 96 85.7 75.8-91.9
College Graduate 204 55 30.2 22.4-39.4 149 69.8 60.6-77.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 23 13.4 8.2-21.1 129 86.6 78.9-91.8
$50,000+ 203 50 19.0 13.7-25.9 153 81.0 74.1-86.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*This is a recommendation based on the type of physical activity respondents reported doing in the past month.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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