2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 397 139 38.0 31.3-45.1 258 62.0 54.9-68.7
GENDER
Male 184 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 213 65 33.2 25.4-42.1 148 66.8 57.9-74.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 196 76 38.1 29.9-47.0 120 61.9 53.0-70.1
Non-Hispanic Black 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 171 79 48.2 38.6-57.9 92 51.8 42.1-61.4
45-64 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 148 63 41.8 32.4-51.8 85 58.2 48.2-67.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 177 65 33.7 25.8-42.5 112 66.3 57.5-74.2
Don't know/Not Sure 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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