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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Risk Factors

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 195235 88,060 45.4 45.0-45.7 107175 54.6 54.3-55.0
Alabama 2,662 1,107 42.5 40.4-44.7 1,555 57.5 55.3-59.6
Alaska 2,653 1,492 56.9 54.0-59.7 1,161 43.1 40.3-46.0
Arizona 3,045 1,556 51.2 48.7-53.8 1,489 48.8 46.2-51.3
Arkansas 2,691 1,185 45.2 43.1-47.4 1,506 54.8 52.6-56.9
California 4,086 1,939 45.8 44.0-47.7 2,147 54.2 52.3-56.0
Colorado 1,945 1,028 53.2 50.6-55.7 917 46.8 44.3-49.4
Connecticut 7,202 3,443 48.3 46.9-49.7 3,759 51.7 50.3-53.1
Delaware 3,254 1,322 41.5 39.3-43.7 1,932 58.5 56.3-60.7
District of Colum 1,756 912 49.9 47.1-52.8 844 50.1 47.2-52.9
Florida 4,336 1,918 44.7 43.0-46.5 2,418 55.3 53.5-57.0
Georgia 4,107 1,573 39.8 37.9-41.8 2,534 60.2 58.2-62.1
Hawaii 4,431 2,258 50.2 48.2-52.3 2,173 49.8 47.7-51.8
Idaho 4,494 2,380 54.3 52.5-56.1 2,114 45.7 43.9-47.5
Illinois 1,376 654 47.8 44.8-50.9 722 52.2 49.1-55.2
Indiana 3,722 1,666 46.0 44.2-47.8 2,056 54.0 52.2-55.8
Iowa 3,255 1,369 43.7 41.7-45.7 1,886 56.3 54.3-58.3
Kansas 4,141 1,786 44.2 42.5-45.9 2,355 55.8 54.1-57.5
Kentucky 6,933 1,813 28.9 27.3-30.6 5,120 71.1 69.4-72.7
Louisiana 4,470 1,525 35.4 33.8-37.0 2,945 64.6 63.0-66.2
Maine 2,246 1,103 50.2 47.9-52.6 1,143 49.8 47.4-52.1
Maryland 4,146 1,840 45.1 43.2-47.0 2,306 54.9 53.0-56.8
Massachusetts 7,928 3,993 51.4 50.1-52.7 3,935 48.6 47.3-49.9
Michigan 3,597 1,617 45.6 43.7-47.4 1,980 54.4 52.6-56.3
Minnesota 3,544 1,711 48.7 46.8-50.5 1,833 51.3 49.5-53.2
Mississippi 2,708 952 38.2 36.1-40.4 1,756 61.8 59.6-63.9
Missouri 3,919 1,550 39.6 37.6-41.7 2,369 60.4 58.3-62.4
Montana 3,129 1,490 51.2 48.7-53.6 1,639 48.8 46.4-51.3
Nebraska 3,462 1,179 34.1 32.3-36.0 2,283 65.9 64.0-67.7
Nevada 2,421 1,251 49.8 46.8-52.7 1,170 50.2 47.3-53.2
New Hampshire 3,758 1,879 50.7 48.9-52.6 1,879 49.3 47.4-51.1
New Jersey 5,514 2,386 43.7 42.0-45.5 3,128 56.3 54.5-58.0
New Mexico 3,411 1,698 50.2 48.2-52.1 1,713 49.8 47.9-51.8
New York 3,581 1,667 44.8 42.9-46.7 1,914 55.2 53.3-57.1
North Carolina 5,926 2,463 42.4 40.4-44.4 3,463 57.6 55.6-59.6
North Dakota 2,345 1,085 47.0 44.8-49.2 1,260 53.0 50.8-55.2
Ohio 3,162 1,418 46.1 43.9-48.2 1,744 53.9 51.8-56.1
Oklahoma 4,258 1,594 38.8 36.9-40.7 2,664 61.2 59.3-63.1
Oregon 2,394 1,261 52.8 50.6-55.0 1,133 47.2 45.0-49.4
Pennsylvania 3,431 1,573 46.2 44.3-48.1 1,858 53.8 51.9-55.7
Rhode Island 3,799 1,812 48.4 46.5-50.3 1,987 51.6 49.7-53.5
South Carolina 2,939 1,323 45.5 43.4-47.6 1,616 54.5 52.4-56.6
South Dakota 4,806 2,034 44.2 42.6-45.8 2,772 55.8 54.2-57.4
Tennessee 2,558 862 37.0 34.7-39.3 1,696 63.0 60.7-65.3
Texas 5,539 2,421 43.3 41.8-44.8 3,118 56.7 55.2-58.2
Utah 3,547 1,933 53.8 51.6-55.9 1,614 46.2 44.1-48.4
Vermont 4,035 2,166 55.2 53.4-56.9 1,869 44.8 43.1-46.6
Virginia 2,741 1,275 47.9 45.7-50.1 1,466 52.1 49.9-54.3
Washington 3,953 2,181 55.5 53.7-57.2 1,772 44.5 42.8-46.3
West Virginia 2,834 1,306 48.0 45.9-50.1 1,528 52.0 49.9-54.1
Wisconsin 3,269 1,659 52.2 50.2-54.2 1,610 47.8 45.8-49.8
Wyoming 2,874 1,568 55.9 53.9-57.9 1,306 44.1 42.1-46.1
Guam 816 398 46.8 42.9-50.8 418 53.2 49.2-57.1
Puerto Rico 3,993 1,659 44.4 42.2-46.6 2,334 55.6 53.4-57.8
Virgin Islands 2,093 827 38.4 35.8-41.0 1,266 61.6 59.0-64.2

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No= Respondents who report no moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes per day, o r less than three days per week.

#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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