2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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%)
North Carolina 3,999 1,314 34.1 32.0-36.3 2,685 65.9 63.7-68.0
Medicaid Region 2 564 152 26.4 21.8-31.5 412 73.6 68.5-78.2
GENDER
Male 244 76 29.5 23.0-37.0 168 70.5 63.0-77.0
Female 320 76 23.5 17.5-30.8 244 76.5 69.2-82.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 398 100 22.6 17.7-28.4 298 77.4 71.6-82.3
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 183 61 32.8 25.0-41.6 122 67.2 58.4-75.0
45-64 200 52 24.2 17.2-32.8 148 75.8 67.2-82.8
65+ 170 39 18.7 12.4-27.2 131 81.3 72.8-87.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 43 22.1 15.3-30.9 139 77.9 69.1-84.7
Some Post-H.S. 137 30 24.2 16.2-34.5 107 75.8 65.5-83.8
College Graduate 241 79 35.5 28.1-43.6 162 64.5 56.4-71.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 43 21.7 15.4-29.6 136 78.3 70.4-84.6
$50,000+ 243 73 25.3 19.3-32.3 170 74.7 67.7-80.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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