2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Exercise

Aerobic and Strengthening Guidelines* (4-LEVEL)
(CDC calculated variable)

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  Total
Respond.^
Met both guidelines Met aerobic guidelines only Met strengthening guidelines only Did not meet either guideline
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,355 829 26.0 23.9-28.3 1,157 33.9 31.7-36.2 338 10.6 9.2-12.2 1,031 29.5 27.3-31.7
Region 8 592 130 27.4 22.2-33.3 213 37.7 31.7-44.1 63 15.7 10.7-22.5 186 19.2 15.0-24.2
GENDER
Male 261 77 32.6 24.8-41.6 97 37.2 28.7-46.6 26 16.9 9.5-28.4 61 13.3 9.0-19.2
Female 331 53 21.2 15.0-29.3 116 38.3 30.4-46.9 37 14.2 9.0-21.7 125 26.2 19.2-34.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 250 67 29.9 23.4-37.4 102 38.8 31.6-46.6 31 13.5 8.7-20.2 50 17.8 12.7-24.5
Non-Hispanic Black 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 269 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 110 22.0 13.8-33.3
AGE
18-44 182 57 35.6 26.6-45.6 60 30.9 22.6-40.6 *** *** *** 40 10.4 6.4-16.5
45-64 225 44 20.9 13.7-30.5 *** *** *** 25 12.3 7.1-20.6 86 30.4 21.4-41.3
65+ 183 29 19.6 12.2-30.1 *** *** *** 12 3.7 1.8- 7.6 59 23.1 14.8-34.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 35 22.7 15.0-32.8 67 32.4 23.0-43.6 *** *** *** 80 21.5 14.7-30.4
Some Post-H.S. 177 41 28.3 19.3-39.6 *** *** *** 18 8.0 4.0-15.4 60 20.5 13.0-30.9
College Graduate 209 54 33.1 24.4-43.2 87 38.4 29.4-48.2 23 14.7 9.1-23.0 45 13.8 8.4-21.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 *** *** *** 70 28.4 19.7-39.1 23 14.5 8.1-24.5 90 25.7 18.0-35.2
$50,000+ 239 71 30.4 22.7-39.3 92 42.2 33.2-51.8 24 11.0 6.4-18.4 52 16.3 10.3-24.8
Don't know/Not Sure 124 17 18.4 10.5-30.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** 43 17.1 9.9-28.0

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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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