2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
Region 5 563 173 28.0 23.5-32.9 390 72.0 67.1-76.5
GENDER
Male 246 84 28.0 22.1-34.8 162 72.0 65.2-77.9
Female 317 89 28.0 21.7-35.3 228 72.0 64.7-78.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 355 114 28.0 22.5-34.2 241 72.0 65.8-77.5
Non-Hispanic Black 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 209 73 31.6 24.4-39.8 136 68.4 60.2-75.6
45-64 187 55 24.0 17.8-31.6 132 76.0 68.4-82.2
65+ 154 43 26.8 18.4-37.2 111 73.2 62.8-81.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 37 22.7 15.2-32.5 117 77.3 67.5-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 127 35 24.9 17.3-34.4 92 75.1 65.6-82.7
College Graduate 278 101 36.5 30.1-43.4 177 63.5 56.6-69.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 45 27.7 20.1-36.8 108 72.3 63.2-79.9
$50,000+ 282 99 28.0 22.4-34.5 183 72.0 65.5-77.6
Don't know/Not Sure 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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