2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 795 171 26.1 21.1-31.7 624 73.9 68.3-78.9
GENDER
Male 349 95 30.7 23.0-39.8 254 69.3 60.2-77.0
Female 446 76 21.3 15.9-28.0 370 78.7 72.0-84.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 337 91 28.2 22.3-34.9 246 71.8 65.1-77.7
Non-Hispanic Black 126 18 13.7 6.8-25.8 108 86.3 74.2-93.2
Other 321 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 257 75 32.9 24.8-42.1 182 67.1 57.9-75.2
45-64 293 53 14.8 10.0-21.4 240 85.2 78.6-90.0
65+ 241 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 39 24.5 16.1-35.4 210 75.5 64.6-83.9
Some Post-H.S. 247 57 27.5 18.7-38.3 190 72.5 61.7-81.3
College Graduate 297 75 26.6 20.5-33.8 222 73.4 66.2-79.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 284 50 26.9 18.1-38.0 234 73.1 62.0-81.9
$50,000+ 337 92 25.5 19.9-32.0 245 74.5 68.0-80.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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