2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 958 300 36.0 31.0-41.3 658 64.0 58.7-69.0
GENDER
Male 405 148 40.6 32.7-49.1 257 59.4 50.9-67.3
Female 553 152 31.6 25.9-37.9 401 68.4 62.1-74.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 403 143 35.8 29.9-42.1 260 64.2 57.9-70.1
Non-Hispanic Black 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 379 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 315 131 47.9 39.7-56.1 184 52.1 43.9-60.3
45-64 342 95 22.5 16.6-29.7 247 77.5 70.3-83.4
65+ 286 69 30.3 21.3-41.1 217 69.7 58.9-78.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 312 75 32.6 23.8-42.8 237 67.4 57.2-76.2
Some Post-H.S. 296 97 35.3 27.0-44.5 199 64.7 55.5-73.0
College Graduate 347 128 42.1 35.0-49.6 219 57.9 50.4-65.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 353 96 32.2 24.4-41.2 257 67.8 58.8-75.6
$50,000+ 389 144 34.9 28.8-41.6 245 65.1 58.4-71.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 207 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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