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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Exercise

During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 212272 155423 73.6 73.3-73.9 56,849 26.4 26.1-26.7
Alabama 2,794 1,874 68.8 66.8-70.7 920 31.2 29.3-33.2
Alaska 2,874 2,231 78.9 76.7-81.0 643 21.1 19.0-23.3
Arizona 3,258 2,528 78.1 75.9-80.1 730 21.9 19.9-24.1
Arkansas 2,926 2,003 68.5 66.5-70.4 923 31.5 29.6-33.5
California 4,145 3,156 73.4 71.6-75.2 989 26.6 24.8-28.4
Colorado 2,031 1,648 80.8 78.8-82.7 383 19.2 17.3-21.2
Connecticut 7,745 5,865 76.0 74.8-77.2 1,880 24.0 22.8-25.2
Delaware 3,513 2,527 74.3 72.5-76.1 986 25.7 23.9-27.5
District of Colum 1,886 1,481 75.8 73.3-78.1 405 24.2 21.9-26.7
Florida 4,678 3,400 72.3 70.7-73.8 1,278 27.7 26.2-29.3
Georgia 4,523 3,210 72.7 71.1-74.3 1,313 27.3 25.7-28.9
Hawaii 4,500 3,642 81.1 79.5-82.6 858 18.9 17.4-20.5
Idaho 4,831 3,767 79.0 77.5-80.4 1,064 21.0 19.6-22.5
Illinois 4,009 2,958 73.5 71.9-75.1 1,051 26.5 24.9-28.1
Indiana 3,990 2,931 73.8 72.2-75.2 1,059 26.2 24.8-27.8
Iowa 3,631 2,632 74.1 72.4-75.6 999 25.9 24.4-27.6
Kansas 4,598 3,332 73.3 71.9-74.7 1,266 26.7 25.3-28.1
Kentucky 7,526 4,656 66.6 65.1-68.0 2,870 33.4 32.0-34.9
Louisiana 4,994 3,157 64.4 62.9-65.9 1,837 35.6 34.1-37.1
Maine 2,418 1,814 76.8 74.9-78.5 604 23.2 21.5-25.1
Maryland 4,471 3,369 75.8 74.1-77.3 1,102 24.2 22.7-25.9
Massachusetts 8,626 6,474 77.2 76.1-78.2 2,152 22.8 21.8-23.9
Michigan 3,826 2,898 76.6 75.1-78.1 928 23.4 21.9-24.9
Minnesota 3,965 3,277 82.9 81.5-84.2 688 17.1 15.8-18.5
Mississippi 3,040 1,961 66.6 64.7-68.5 1,079 33.4 31.5-35.3
Missouri 4,175 2,895 72.5 70.6-74.3 1,280 27.5 25.7-29.4
Montana 3,337 2,469 78.1 76.2-79.9 868 21.9 20.1-23.8
Nebraska 3,697 2,589 68.6 66.8-70.4 1,108 31.4 29.6-33.2
Nevada 2,569 2,036 77.4 75.0-79.6 533 22.6 20.4-25.0
New Hampshire 4,067 3,246 80.5 79.1-81.8 821 19.5 18.2-20.9
New Jersey 6,012 4,303 73.4 71.8-74.8 1,709 26.6 25.2-28.2
New Mexico 3,620 2,639 74.2 72.5-75.8 981 25.8 24.2-27.5
New York 3,899 2,849 71.3 69.5-73.0 1,050 28.7 27.0-30.5
North Carolina 6,205 4,578 73.6 71.9-75.2 1,627 26.4 24.8-28.1
North Dakota 2,508 1,919 76.8 74.9-78.5 589 23.2 21.5-25.1
Ohio 3,430 2,533 73.8 72.0-75.6 897 26.2 24.4-28.0
Oklahoma 4,548 3,001 67.2 65.4-69.0 1,547 32.8 31.0-34.6
Oregon 2,536 2,009 79.2 77.4-80.9 527 20.8 19.1-22.6
Pennsylvania 3,659 2,742 75.3 73.7-76.9 917 24.7 23.1-26.3
Rhode Island 4,113 3,066 75.1 73.5-76.6 1,047 24.9 23.4-26.5
South Carolina 3,199 2,365 73.6 71.7-75.3 834 26.4 24.7-28.3
South Dakota 5,116 3,735 74.6 73.2-75.9 1,381 25.4 24.1-26.8
Tennessee 2,922 1,849 64.9 62.9-67.0 1,073 35.1 33.0-37.1
Texas 5,916 4,366 72.9 71.6-74.2 1,550 27.1 25.8-28.4
Utah 3,656 3,007 83.5 81.9-85.0 649 16.5 15.0-18.1
Vermont 4,301 3,417 79.7 78.3-81.0 884 20.3 19.0-21.7
Virginia 2,936 2,226 76.8 75.0-78.5 710 23.2 21.5-25.0
Washington 4,205 3,477 82.9 81.6-84.1 728 17.1 15.9-18.4
West Virginia 3,091 2,077 68.3 66.4-70.1 1,014 31.7 29.9-33.6
Wisconsin 3,350 2,603 79.3 77.6-80.8 747 20.7 19.2-22.4
Wyoming 3,039 2,379 78.8 77.1-80.3 660 21.2 19.7-22.9
Guam 869 639 72.6 69.0-75.9 230 27.4 24.1-31.0
Puerto Rico 4,236 2,000 50.8 48.7-53.0 2,236 49.2 47.0-51.3
Virgin Islands 2,263 1,618 70.8 68.3-73.1 645 29.2 26.9-31.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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