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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 72,764 13,926 19.5 19.0-20.0 18,424 25.5 25.0-26.1 21,031 28.9 28.3-29.4 9,723 13.2 12.8-13.6 9,660 12.9 12.5-13.3
Alabama 922 203 22.6 19.5-25.9 266 29.2 25.9-32.6 232 24.2 21.2-27.5 119 13.3 11.0-16.1 102 10.7 8.7-13.1
Alaska 1,163 178 15.2 12.4-18.4 271 24.6 20.7-29.0 360 27.3 23.8-31.1 179 17.9 14.3-22.2 175 15.0 12.2-18.3
Arizona 1,214 212 19.3 16.3-22.8 276 20.7 17.8-23.9 355 28.4 24.9-32.2 180 13.9 11.4-16.7 191 17.7 14.9-21.0
Arkansas 1,017 223 21.3 18.6-24.2 264 26.5 23.5-29.7 265 24.9 22.1-27.9 120 12.3 10.1-14.9 145 15.1 12.7-17.9
California 1,641 286 18.9 16.5-21.6 423 24.6 22.3-27.1 501 30.1 27.5-32.9 228 13.7 11.9-15.7 203 12.7 10.9-14.7
Colorado 892 156 18.0 15.2-21.2 239 27.0 23.8-30.5 250 28.1 25.0-31.5 143 14.9 12.6-17.6 104 11.9 9.7-14.4
Connecticut 2,893 486 16.9 15.3-18.6 716 24.2 22.4-26.2 882 30.2 28.2-32.3 414 14.3 12.9-15.9 395 14.4 12.8-16.1
Delaware 1,062 195 19.2 16.3-22.4 272 25.3 22.0-28.8 311 29.5 26.1-33.2 146 14.7 12.1-17.8 138 11.4 9.3-13.9
District of Colum 770 108 14.6 11.7-18.1 186 26.4 22.4-30.8 269 33.4 29.5-37.6 110 13.2 10.7-16.3 97 12.4 9.9-15.5
Florida 1,538 330 19.9 17.8-22.2 367 24.8 22.2-27.5 426 28.8 26.1-31.7 200 12.7 10.8-14.8 215 13.8 11.9-16.1
Georgia 1,541 325 20.0 17.7-22.4 387 25.9 23.2-28.7 432 28.1 25.3-31.1 189 12.5 10.6-14.7 208 13.5 11.5-15.9
Hawaii 1,608 232 16.4 13.9-19.1 388 23.3 20.6-26.2 462 29.1 26.0-32.4 220 13.6 11.5-16.1 306 17.6 15.3-20.2
Idaho 2,029 388 18.4 16.5-20.4 489 24.7 22.5-27.0 574 28.3 25.9-30.7 293 14.7 12.8-16.7 285 14.0 12.3-15.9
Illinois 741 133 17.1 14.2-20.4 174 21.9 18.8-25.3 221 31.0 27.1-35.1 121 16.6 13.7-20.0 92 13.5 10.7-16.9
Indiana 1,538 338 21.1 18.9-23.4 413 26.7 24.3-29.2 437 28.9 26.5-31.5 183 12.5 10.7-14.6 167 10.8 9.1-12.6
Iowa 1,108 241 21.2 18.6-24.1 319 30.0 26.9-33.4 312 27.6 24.7-30.8 118 10.6 8.7-12.8 118 10.6 8.6-12.9
Kansas 1,507 259 16.9 14.9-19.1 394 26.3 23.9-28.9 429 28.3 25.8-31.0 219 14.3 12.4-16.5 206 14.1 11.9-16.5
Kentucky 991 169 18.4 15.0-22.5 260 27.9 23.8-32.4 303 27.9 24.1-32.0 132 13.4 10.8-16.4 127 12.4 9.9-15.4
Louisiana 1,307 305 23.5 21.0-26.2 322 25.1 22.5-27.9 368 28.0 25.3-30.8 147 10.5 8.8-12.4 165 12.9 10.9-15.3
Maine 866 161 18.6 15.9-21.7 233 26.9 23.6-30.5 221 26.3 23.0-29.9 128 13.8 11.5-16.5 123 14.4 11.9-17.3
Maryland 1,683 330 18.8 16.5-21.2 445 27.7 24.8-30.8 503 29.9 27.2-32.7 219 13.3 11.3-15.6 186 10.4 8.8-12.3
Massachusetts 3,254 531 15.7 14.4-17.2 797 25.5 23.7-27.4 949 28.3 26.5-30.2 489 15.1 13.6-16.6 488 15.4 14.0-17.0
Michigan 1,363 272 19.8 17.5-22.3 354 26.5 24.0-29.3 385 28.1 25.5-30.8 182 12.7 10.9-14.8 170 12.9 10.9-15.1
Minnesota 1,641 363 21.4 19.3-23.7 438 28.3 25.8-30.9 467 27.5 25.2-29.9 189 10.7 9.2-12.4 184 12.1 10.3-14.1
Mississippi 863 224 25.1 21.9-28.5 215 24.9 21.5-28.5 228 27.3 23.9-31.0 94 10.1 8.1-12.5 102 12.7 10.2-15.6
Missouri 1,282 277 23.3 20.3-26.6 348 26.3 23.3-29.6 362 29.2 25.9-32.8 155 11.5 9.4-13.9 140 9.7 7.8-11.9
Montana 1,015 204 19.2 16.3-22.6 269 25.4 22.0-29.0 291 30.7 27.0-34.6 113 10.8 8.7-13.5 138 13.9 11.1-17.3
Nebraska 846 171 20.6 17.6-23.9 200 23.5 20.4-26.9 266 31.5 28.0-35.1 97 11.3 9.0-14.0 112 13.2 10.8-16.0
Nevada 1,040 184 18.7 15.4-22.7 242 22.6 19.1-26.5 289 26.6 23.1-30.4 160 16.3 13.5-19.6 165 15.7 12.7-19.3
New Hampshire 1,620 310 18.2 16.2-20.4 382 25.4 23.0-28.0 491 29.5 27.1-32.1 236 14.1 12.3-16.1 201 12.7 11.0-14.8
New Jersey 1,932 349 18.6 16.2-21.3 494 25.5 23.1-28.2 578 29.5 26.8-32.3 281 14.1 12.1-16.3 230 12.3 10.5-14.5
New Mexico 1,240 211 16.8 14.5-19.4 298 24.1 21.4-27.0 368 29.7 26.8-32.7 180 15.2 13.0-17.6 183 14.3 12.2-16.8
New York 1,370 214 15.5 13.4-17.8 367 28.6 25.7-31.7 431 30.7 27.9-33.6 166 11.7 9.9-13.9 192 13.4 11.5-15.6
North Carolina 2,014 444 25.0 21.9-28.3 487 25.3 22.4-28.4 576 26.9 24.1-29.9 236 10.8 8.8-13.2 271 12.0 10.2-14.2
North Dakota 973 202 21.2 18.5-24.1 255 25.4 22.6-28.4 272 27.7 24.7-30.9 122 12.9 10.8-15.4 122 12.8 10.7-15.3
Ohio 1,213 215 18.6 16.2-21.4 319 25.2 22.4-28.2 388 31.2 28.2-34.4 154 13.4 11.0-16.2 137 11.6 9.5-14.0
Oklahoma 1,244 288 20.9 18.3-23.7 331 27.5 24.4-30.8 337 26.5 23.6-29.6 137 12.7 10.4-15.3 151 12.5 10.3-15.1
Oregon 1,050 185 18.0 15.5-20.7 250 24.4 21.6-27.5 303 28.8 25.9-32.0 168 15.4 13.2-18.0 144 13.3 11.2-15.8
Pennsylvania 1,293 251 19.8 17.4-22.4 328 24.1 21.6-26.8 383 29.8 27.1-32.7 164 13.5 11.3-16.1 167 12.8 10.8-15.0
Rhode Island 1,443 262 18.7 16.3-21.3 372 25.7 23.1-28.6 381 24.8 22.2-27.5 223 16.3 13.8-19.0 205 14.6 12.4-17.0
South Carolina 1,197 238 20.7 18.2-23.5 300 25.0 22.3-28.0 368 31.6 28.5-34.8 170 12.8 10.9-14.9 121 10.0 8.2-12.0
South Dakota 1,500 323 20.9 18.7-23.3 423 28.4 25.9-31.1 397 26.9 24.4-29.6 178 11.8 10.1-13.7 179 11.9 10.2-13.9
Tennessee 843 204 23.2 20.1-26.6 206 23.6 20.4-27.1 238 28.2 24.6-32.0 89 10.9 8.7-13.5 106 14.2 11.3-17.6
Texas 2,224 502 22.9 21.0-24.9 552 25.2 23.2-27.3 610 26.5 24.5-28.7 298 13.4 11.9-15.1 262 12.0 10.5-13.7
Utah 1,698 316 18.5 16.3-21.0 409 24.4 21.8-27.2 488 29.4 26.6-32.3 252 13.5 11.6-15.7 233 14.2 12.2-16.4
Vermont 1,792 308 16.1 14.4-18.0 480 26.4 24.1-28.8 502 28.3 25.9-30.7 255 14.4 12.7-16.4 247 14.8 13.0-16.8
Virginia 1,129 202 18.0 15.5-20.9 288 25.4 22.6-28.5 342 28.5 25.6-31.6 153 15.4 12.6-18.6 144 12.6 10.5-15.0
Washington 1,926 358 18.3 16.5-20.3 514 27.3 25.1-29.5 565 30.0 27.8-32.4 249 12.5 11.0-14.2 240 11.9 10.4-13.5
West Virginia 900 214 21.4 18.7-24.4 246 27.2 24.0-30.6 241 27.6 24.3-31.1 109 13.9 11.4-17.0 90 9.8 7.8-12.3
Wisconsin 1,491 271 18.3 16.0-20.9 401 27.4 24.8-30.2 423 27.5 25.0-30.1 194 12.8 11.0-14.8 202 14.0 12.1-16.2
Wyoming 1,266 224 16.7 14.6-19.0 335 27.0 24.3-29.9 351 27.8 25.1-30.7 159 13.0 11.1-15.2 197 15.5 13.4-17.8
Guam 345 61 19.8 15.2-25.3 80 25.4 20.3-31.2 111 27.5 22.8-32.8 45 11.6 8.4-15.8 48 15.7 11.7-20.9
Puerto Rico 966 162 17.8 14.6-21.6 164 18.0 14.8-21.6 315 30.6 26.7-34.8 107 12.1 9.6-15.3 218 21.5 18.2-25.2
Virgin Islands 760 128 16.8 13.7-20.4 176 23.6 20.0-27.6 222 27.8 24.1-32.0 111 15.0 12.0-18.7 123 16.8 13.6-20.4

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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