2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 524 190 38.2 33.1-43.6 334 61.8 56.4-66.9
GENDER
Male 234 103 47.9 40.1-55.8 131 52.1 44.2-59.9
Female 290 87 28.8 22.7-35.7 203 71.2 64.3-77.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 322 126 40.7 34.3-47.4 196 59.3 52.6-65.7
Non-Hispanic Black 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 177 86 49.3 40.6-58.1 91 50.7 41.9-59.4
45-64 175 57 33.0 25.0-42.2 118 67.0 57.8-75.0
65+ 171 47 23.7 16.5-32.9 124 76.3 67.1-83.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 54 37.5 28.9-47.0 121 62.5 53.0-71.1
Some Post-H.S. 166 56 34.2 26.0-43.5 110 65.8 56.5-74.0
College Graduate 180 80 46.5 37.7-55.5 100 53.5 44.5-62.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 66 42.2 33.2-51.8 120 57.8 48.2-66.8
$50,000+ 229 95 41.7 34.1-49.7 134 58.3 50.3-65.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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