2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

Exercise

Aerobic Recommendations*
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Met aerobic recommendations Did not meet aerobic recommendations
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,415 2,021 59.9 57.5-62.2 1,394 40.1 37.8-42.5
Medicaid Region 6 469 281 60.5 54.9-65.9 188 39.5 34.1-45.1
GENDER
Male 212 130 63.3 55.2-70.8 82 36.7 29.2-44.8
Female 257 151 57.8 49.8-65.4 106 42.2 34.6-50.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 295 189 62.7 55.5-69.4 106 37.3 30.6-44.5
Non-Hispanic Black 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 153 102 63.5 53.9-72.1 51 36.5 27.9-46.1
45-64 161 83 49.5 40.2-58.8 78 50.5 41.2-59.8
65+ 155 96 68.3 59.0-76.4 59 31.7 23.6-41.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 80 55.6 45.8-65.1 71 44.4 34.9-54.2
Some Post-H.S. 146 86 62.4 52.7-71.3 60 37.6 28.7-47.3
College Graduate 169 113 64.6 55.3-72.9 56 35.4 27.1-44.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 89 62.4 53.1-70.8 71 37.6 29.2-46.9
$50,000+ 213 144 66.8 58.4-74.2 69 33.2 25.8-41.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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