2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 521 194 37.0 31.8-42.5 327 63.0 57.5-68.2
GENDER
Male 245 100 39.6 31.9-47.7 145 60.4 52.3-68.1
Female 276 94 34.6 27.7-42.3 182 65.4 57.7-72.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 295 102 31.8 25.7-38.5 193 68.2 61.5-74.3
Non-Hispanic Black 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 210 95 44.8 36.5-53.3 115 55.2 46.7-63.5
45-64 165 62 34.9 26.2-44.7 103 65.1 55.3-73.8
65+ 136 34 22.6 15.1-32.5 102 77.4 67.5-84.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 45 31.8 23.2-41.8 105 68.2 58.2-76.8
Some Post-H.S. 142 42 32.9 23.5-43.9 100 67.1 56.1-76.5
College Graduate 225 106 47.2 39.5-55.0 119 52.8 45.0-60.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 50 30.5 22.3-40.1 106 69.5 59.9-77.7
$50,000+ 240 100 40.8 33.2-48.9 140 59.2 51.1-66.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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