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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*

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Respond.#		 10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 157594 28,143 18.0 17.7-18.4 43,946 27.3 26.9-27.7 47,872 27.7 27.3-28.0 21,080 16.1 15.7-16.4 16,553 10.9 10.7-11.2
Alabama 2,146 326 14.9 13.3-16.7 643 29.6 27.5-31.9 649 30.3 28.0-32.6 262 12.7 11.1-14.3 266 12.5 11.0-14.1
Alaska 2,280 410 17.5 15.2-20.1 587 25.3 22.8-28.0 659 29.1 26.2-32.1 321 13.3 11.3-15.7 303 14.8 12.6-17.3
Arizona 2,569 454 17.2 15.3-19.3 689 27.6 25.3-30.1 775 29.7 27.2-32.3 335 13.7 11.9-15.8 316 11.7 10.1-13.5
Arkansas 2,163 407 18.1 16.3-20.0 580 25.5 23.5-27.6 612 27.9 25.9-30.1 263 13.0 11.4-14.8 301 15.4 13.7-17.4
California 3,489 697 20.2 18.7-21.9 894 25.7 24.0-27.5 330 8.5 7.5- 9.6 1,213 35.4 33.4-37.3 355 10.2 9.1-11.4
Colorado 1,695 290 16.0 14.2-18.1 479 27.2 25.0-29.6 527 32.2 29.8-34.8 222 13.9 12.2-15.9 177 10.6 9.0-12.3
Connecticut 5,922 1,054 17.3 16.2-18.5 1,664 27.9 26.6-29.3 1,850 31.5 30.1-32.9 790 13.6 12.6-14.7 564 9.6 8.8-10.6
Delaware 2,582 512 19.0 17.2-21.0 705 26.7 24.5-28.9 757 29.5 27.2-31.8 369 15.3 13.5-17.2 239 9.6 8.2-11.2
District of Colum 1,451 291 21.0 18.4-23.7 429 27.8 25.0-30.8 485 32.5 29.7-35.4 138 10.3 8.5-12.5 108 8.5 6.8-10.5
Florida 3,389 537 15.5 14.1-16.9 1,039 30.2 28.4-32.0 1,008 28.9 27.2-30.8 437 13.6 12.3-15.1 368 11.8 10.5-13.2
Georgia 2,989 547 18.1 16.4-19.9 754 23.9 22.1-25.9 937 32.1 30.0-34.3 413 14.2 12.7-15.9 338 11.6 10.1-13.3
Hawaii 3,591 505 14.2 12.8-15.8 840 22.6 20.8-24.5 1,255 34.9 32.8-37.0 596 17.2 15.6-19.0 395 11.0 9.6-12.7
Idaho 3,930 685 17.1 15.8-18.6 971 24.6 23.0-26.3 1,213 30.3 28.6-32.0 575 15.3 14.0-16.8 486 12.7 11.5-14.0
Illinois 1,641 285 16.8 14.9-18.9 397 24.7 22.3-27.2 510 29.6 27.1-32.1 243 15.9 13.8-18.2 206 13.1 11.3-15.1
Indiana 3,112 601 18.6 17.1-20.1 884 28.2 26.5-30.0 871 28.0 26.3-29.8 413 14.1 12.7-15.6 343 11.1 10.0-12.4
Iowa 2,696 554 20.9 19.2-22.8 820 30.3 28.4-32.4 837 30.6 28.6-32.6 316 12.3 11.0-13.8 169 5.9 4.9- 6.9
Kansas 3,276 644 19.5 18.1-21.0 980 29.6 27.9-31.3 984 29.9 28.3-31.7 348 11.1 10.0-12.4 320 9.8 8.8-11.0
Kentucky 4,227 903 18.4 16.9-20.0 1,503 34.9 32.8-37.0 1,193 30.1 28.1-32.2 379 9.8 8.6-11.3 249 6.8 5.6- 8.3
Louisiana 2,979 481 15.6 14.2-17.1 835 27.4 25.6-29.2 947 32.2 30.3-34.2 380 13.0 11.7-14.4 336 11.8 10.5-13.2
Maine 1,858 337 17.6 15.8-19.6 526 28.4 26.1-30.7 541 28.7 26.4-31.0 244 13.3 11.6-15.1 210 12.1 10.5-14.0
Maryland 3,449 651 18.6 17.0-20.4 1,016 29.2 27.2-31.3 1,065 31.2 29.3-33.2 405 12.2 10.8-13.8 312 8.7 7.6- 9.9
Massachusetts 6,472 1,057 16.2 15.2-17.3 1,711 25.9 24.6-27.2 2,163 33.2 31.8-34.5 881 13.9 12.9-15.0 660 10.8 9.9-11.8
Michigan 2,989 592 20.2 18.6-21.9 783 26.2 24.5-28.0 883 28.3 26.5-30.1 414 14.1 12.8-15.6 317 11.2 9.9-12.5
Minnesota 3,131 600 19.2 17.7-20.8 914 29.2 27.5-31.0 970 30.5 28.7-32.2 387 12.7 11.4-14.1 260 8.4 7.4- 9.6
Mississippi 1,944 368 17.8 15.9-19.8 564 28.6 26.3-31.0 542 28.8 26.5-31.2 223 11.5 10.0-13.3 247 13.3 11.7-15.2
Missouri 3,046 636 20.3 18.5-22.3 868 27.9 25.9-30.1 874 29.3 27.1-31.5 373 13.0 11.4-14.7 295 9.5 8.2-10.9
Montana 2,532 489 19.2 17.1-21.5 723 28.1 25.7-30.6 773 31.2 28.7-33.8 337 13.5 11.7-15.5 210 8.0 6.7- 9.4
Nebraska 2,466 478 18.7 17.0-20.5 843 34.6 32.4-36.8 815 33.1 31.0-35.3 199 8.3 7.1- 9.6 131 5.3 4.4- 6.4
Nevada 2,095 354 17.1 14.9-19.5 513 25.0 22.5-27.7 661 29.8 27.1-32.5 278 15.4 12.7-18.6 289 12.7 10.8-14.9
New Hampshire 3,204 546 16.5 15.1-18.1 878 26.4 24.8-28.2 1,039 33.2 31.4-35.1 399 12.9 11.6-14.3 342 10.9 9.7-12.2
New Jersey 4,322 813 18.7 17.2-20.3 1,220 28.1 26.3-29.9 1,324 31.2 29.4-33.0 552 12.6 11.3-14.0 413 9.5 8.4-10.7
New Mexico 2,822 443 16.6 15.0-18.5 748 26.2 24.3-28.2 889 31.2 29.2-33.2 415 14.6 13.1-16.2 327 11.4 10.1-12.8
New York 2,850 569 19.9 18.2-21.7 751 25.9 24.0-27.9 883 30.4 28.5-32.4 346 12.2 10.8-13.6 301 11.7 10.3-13.2
North Carolina 4,717 600 12.0 10.7-13.3 1,474 31.5 29.6-33.5 1,708 35.4 33.3-37.4 514 11.8 10.4-13.3 421 9.4 8.2-10.7
North Dakota 2,046 432 21.2 19.3-23.2 604 29.3 27.2-31.5 611 29.4 27.3-31.5 206 10.3 8.9-11.8 193 9.8 8.5-11.4
Ohio 2,565 483 17.9 16.3-19.7 701 27.9 25.8-30.1 766 29.6 27.5-31.7 340 13.1 11.7-14.7 275 11.5 10.1-13.1
Oklahoma 3,237 570 15.9 14.4-17.5 1,009 30.9 28.9-33.1 1,008 33.0 30.9-35.2 402 12.4 11.0-13.9 248 7.7 6.7- 8.9
Oregon 2,061 361 17.1 15.4-18.9 523 25.4 23.3-27.5 663 31.8 29.6-34.0 259 12.9 11.4-14.6 255 12.9 11.4-14.6
Pennsylvania 2,864 508 17.8 16.2-19.5 809 27.2 25.5-29.1 887 30.9 29.0-32.9 384 13.9 12.5-15.5 276 10.1 8.8-11.5
Rhode Island 3,107 551 17.1 15.6-18.7 834 26.3 24.5-28.3 1,032 33.0 31.0-35.1 400 14.0 12.6-15.6 290 9.5 8.3-10.9
South Carolina 2,407 380 15.5 13.9-17.4 671 27.2 25.2-29.3 738 30.5 28.4-32.7 319 14.1 12.5-15.8 299 12.7 11.2-14.3
South Dakota 3,772 746 18.8 17.4-20.2 1,132 29.4 27.8-31.0 1,101 29.8 28.2-31.6 455 12.6 11.4-13.9 338 9.4 8.4-10.5
Tennessee 1,784 326 16.8 14.9-18.9 638 35.5 32.9-38.3 478 26.5 24.2-28.9 253 15.8 13.9-17.9 89 5.4 4.3- 6.8
Texas 4,514 884 19.3 18.0-20.6 1,220 26.9 25.4-28.4 1,328 29.5 28.0-31.0 566 12.7 11.6-13.8 516 11.7 10.7-12.8
Utah 3,134 568 18.8 17.0-20.6 843 27.9 25.9-30.0 952 30.8 28.7-33.0 446 12.2 10.9-13.7 325 10.3 9.0-11.7
Vermont 3,441 565 16.1 14.8-17.5 951 27.2 25.5-29.0 1,042 29.5 27.9-31.3 492 14.8 13.5-16.3 391 12.3 11.1-13.6
Virginia 2,294 419 18.5 16.6-20.5 551 22.7 20.8-24.6 680 29.8 27.6-32.0 350 15.5 13.8-17.3 294 13.7 12.1-15.5
Washington 3,620 667 18.3 16.9-19.8 885 23.9 22.4-25.5 1,216 33.3 31.6-35.0 491 13.9 12.7-15.2 361 10.6 9.5-11.9
West Virginia 2,293 374 15.5 13.9-17.2 526 22.3 20.4-24.3 618 27.5 25.5-29.6 384 17.1 15.4-18.9 391 17.6 15.9-19.5
Wisconsin 2,906 652 21.3 19.7-23.0 812 28.6 26.7-30.5 854 29.0 27.1-31.0 307 10.7 9.5-12.1 281 10.4 9.1-11.8
Wyoming 2,535 419 15.9 14.4-17.5 676 26.2 24.4-28.1 763 29.4 27.5-31.4 363 15.5 13.9-17.2 314 13.0 11.6-14.5
Guam 636 77 11.3 8.8-14.5 163 24.9 21.3-29.0 196 31.7 27.6-36.0 86 13.1 10.5-16.3 114 19.0 15.6-22.9
Puerto Rico 2,833 186 6.4 5.2- 7.8 803 25.8 23.7-28.1 982 34.8 32.4-37.4 340 13.1 11.4-15.1 522 19.9 17.9-22.1
Virgin Islands 1,521 259 18.0 15.6-20.6 370 24.2 21.6-27.1 428 27.0 24.3-29.8 257 17.9 15.6-20.5 207 12.9 10.9-15.2

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

#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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