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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Risk Factors

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 73,220 33,219 46.2 45.6-46.7 40,001 53.8 53.3-54.4
Arizona 3,024 1,560 51.6 48.8-54.4 1,464 48.4 45.6-51.2
Colorado 3,830 2,075 54.2 52.4-56.1 1,755 45.8 43.9-47.6
Connecticut 5,055 2,569 51.0 49.2-52.7 2,486 49.0 47.3-50.8
Delaware 3,833 1,598 44.4 42.0-46.7 2,235 55.6 53.3-58.0
Hawaii 5,950 2,523 42.2 40.5-43.9 3,427 57.8 56.1-59.5
Illinois 2,482 1,069 43.7 41.4-46.1 1,413 56.3 53.9-58.6
Iowa 3,417 1,475 46.2 44.2-48.2 1,942 53.8 51.8-55.8
Maine 2,250 1,139 51.2 48.8-53.5 1,111 48.8 46.5-51.2
Maryland 4,047 1,891 46.4 44.4-48.4 2,156 53.6 51.6-55.6
Michigan 5,569 2,605 48.8 47.1-50.5 2,964 51.2 49.5-52.9
Missouri 4,306 1,875 45.3 43.2-47.4 2,431 54.7 52.6-56.8
Montana 3,679 1,959 56.9 54.8-59.1 1,720 43.1 40.9-45.2
North Carolina 6,366 2,432 38.1 36.2-40.0 3,934 61.9 60.0-63.8
North Dakota 2,734 1,277 47.5 45.3-49.6 1,457 52.5 50.4-54.7
Ohio 3,712 1,709 46.6 44.7-48.6 2,003 53.4 51.4-55.3
South Carolina 4,022 1,756 45.6 43.5-47.7 2,266 54.4 52.3-56.5
Tennessee 2,950 1,039 37.2 35.1-39.3 1,911 62.8 60.7-64.9
Virginia 3,976 1,840 48.7 46.4-51.1 2,136 51.3 48.9-53.6
Virgin Islands 2,018 828 40.2 37.5-43.0 1,190 59.8 57.0-62.5

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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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