2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 463 125 27.5 22.8-32.8 338 72.5 67.2-77.2
GENDER
Male 209 70 36.2 28.6-44.5 139 63.8 55.5-71.4
Female 254 55 19.0 14.0-25.4 199 81.0 74.6-86.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 290 89 29.3 23.4-35.9 201 70.7 64.1-76.6
Non-Hispanic Black 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 152 56 35.8 27.7-44.8 96 64.2 55.2-72.3
45-64 157 35 21.2 14.5-29.8 122 78.8 70.2-85.5
65+ 154 34 20.1 13.0-29.7 120 79.9 70.3-87.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 36 26.6 19.1-35.8 115 73.4 64.2-80.9
Some Post-H.S. 144 33 24.0 16.5-33.6 111 76.0 66.4-83.5
College Graduate 165 56 34.7 26.3-44.2 109 65.3 55.8-73.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 43 33.2 24.4-43.2 116 66.8 56.8-75.6
$50,000+ 208 67 30.5 23.5-38.5 141 69.5 61.5-76.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 91 15 14.5 8.2-24.4 76 85.5 75.6-91.8

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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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