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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Risk Factors

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 75,694 17,904 25.6 25.1-26.1 57,790 74.4 73.9-74.9
Arizona 3,107 870 29.9 27.4-32.5 2,237 70.1 67.5-72.6
Colorado 3,917 1,249 33.1 31.4-34.9 2,668 66.9 65.1-68.6
Connecticut 5,243 1,452 29.1 27.5-30.7 3,791 70.9 69.3-72.5
Delaware 3,967 776 23.4 21.3-25.6 3,191 76.6 74.4-78.7
Hawaii 5,977 1,299 23.5 22.0-25.0 4,678 76.5 75.0-78.0
Illinois 2,547 543 22.8 20.9-24.9 2,004 77.2 75.1-79.1
Iowa 3,546 703 23.3 21.6-25.2 2,843 76.7 74.8-78.4
Maine 2,316 641 28.7 26.6-30.8 1,675 71.3 69.2-73.4
Maryland 4,189 1,060 26.2 24.5-28.0 3,129 73.8 72.0-75.5
Michigan 5,763 1,424 27.5 26.0-29.0 4,339 72.5 71.0-74.0
Missouri 4,521 943 23.9 22.1-25.8 3,578 76.1 74.2-77.9
Montana 3,837 1,076 31.6 29.6-33.7 2,761 68.4 66.3-70.4
North Carolina 6,558 1,166 19.2 17.7-20.8 5,392 80.8 79.2-82.3
North Dakota 2,849 665 24.8 23.0-26.7 2,184 75.2 73.3-77.0
Ohio 3,892 958 26.2 24.6-28.0 2,934 73.8 72.0-75.4
South Carolina 4,183 994 26.2 24.3-28.1 3,189 73.8 71.9-75.7
Tennessee 3,064 564 20.3 18.6-22.1 2,500 79.7 77.9-81.4
Virginia 4,124 1,007 27.1 25.0-29.2 3,117 72.9 70.8-75.0
Virgin Islands 2,094 514 24.4 22.1-26.8 1,580 75.6 73.2-77.9

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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 vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or 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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