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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Risk Factors

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 247813 184858 74.7 74.4-75.0 62,955 25.3 25.0-25.6
Alabama 3,091 2,187 72.7 70.8-74.6 904 27.3 25.4-29.2
Alaska 2,692 2,126 77.6 74.8-80.1 566 22.4 19.9-25.2
Arizona 3,225 2,466 77.4 75.0-79.6 759 22.6 20.4-25.0
Arkansas 3,895 2,737 72.6 71.0-74.2 1,158 27.4 25.8-29.0
California 4,215 3,351 77.3 75.6-78.9 864 22.7 21.1-24.4
Colorado 4,052 3,307 80.7 79.2-82.2 745 19.3 17.8-20.8
Connecticut 5,558 4,388 78.0 76.6-79.5 1,170 22.0 20.5-23.4
Delaware 4,031 2,853 72.9 70.8-74.8 1,178 27.1 25.2-29.2
District of Columbia 2,405 1,963 79.1 76.8-81.2 442 20.9 18.8-23.2
Florida 6,140 4,452 72.1 70.7-73.5 1,688 27.9 26.5-29.3
Georgia 5,059 3,658 74.3 72.7-75.9 1,401 25.7 24.1-27.3
Hawaii 5,998 4,985 83.9 82.6-85.1 1,013 16.1 14.9-17.4
Idaho 5,035 3,966 80.7 79.4-81.9 1,069 19.3 18.1-20.6
Illinois 5,242 3,767 71.4 69.8-72.9 1,475 28.6 27.1-30.2
Indiana 5,787 4,134 72.5 71.2-73.8 1,653 27.5 26.2-28.8
Iowa 3,660 2,792 78.2 76.6-79.7 868 21.8 20.3-23.4
Kansas 4,601 3,516 77.5 76.1-78.8 1,085 22.5 21.2-23.9
Kentucky 7,062 4,733 73.4 71.8-74.9 2,329 26.6 25.1-28.2
Louisiana 5,027 3,303 66.5 65.0-68.1 1,724 33.5 31.9-35.0
Maine 2,434 1,784 74.2 72.2-76.0 650 25.8 24.0-27.8
Maryland 4,398 3,389 77.0 75.3-78.6 1,009 23.0 21.4-24.7
Massachusetts 7,425 5,731 79.2 78.0-80.3 1,694 20.8 19.7-22.0
Michigan 5,932 4,556 75.9 74.5-77.3 1,376 24.1 22.7-25.5
Minnesota 4,492 3,722 83.8 82.5-85.0 770 16.2 15.0-17.5
Mississippi 4,084 2,685 67.5 65.8-69.2 1,399 32.5 30.8-34.2
Missouri 4,728 3,338 73.5 71.7-75.1 1,390 26.5 24.9-28.3
Montana 4,033 3,091 80.8 79.2-82.3 942 19.2 17.7-20.8
Nebraska 4,380 3,373 78.0 76.5-79.5 1,007 22.0 20.5-23.5
Nevada 3,153 2,450 75.2 72.7-77.5 703 24.8 22.5-27.3
New Hampshire 5,038 4,010 80.1 78.8-81.3 1,028 19.9 18.7-21.2
New Jersey 6,170 4,641 74.0 71.6-76.3 1,529 26.0 23.7-28.4
New Mexico 4,671 3,561 77.0 75.4-78.4 1,110 23.0 21.6-24.6
New York 4,461 3,344 74.9 73.4-76.5 1,117 25.1 23.5-26.6
North Carolina 6,744 4,830 70.5 68.8-72.2 1,914 29.5 27.8-31.2
North Dakota 2,995 2,306 78.3 76.6-79.9 689 21.7 20.1-23.4
Ohio 4,090 3,047 74.6 72.9-76.2 1,043 25.4 23.8-27.1
Oklahoma 6,773 4,600 69.4 68.0-70.7 2,173 30.6 29.3-32.0
Oregon 3,073 2,502 82.1 80.6-83.6 571 17.9 16.4-19.4
Pennsylvania 13,479 10,151 75.6 74.6-76.6 3,328 24.4 23.4-25.4
Rhode Island 3,841 2,862 75.4 73.8-77.0 979 24.6 23.0-26.2
South Carolina 4,499 3,286 75.4 73.6-77.0 1,213 24.6 23.0-26.4
South Dakota 4,784 3,611 76.2 74.8-77.7 1,173 23.8 22.3-25.2
Tennessee 3,203 2,099 66.4 64.5-68.3 1,104 33.6 31.7-35.5
Texas 6,105 4,349 70.7 69.3-72.1 1,756 29.3 27.9-30.7
Utah 4,077 3,247 81.1 79.4-82.7 830 18.9 17.3-20.6
Vermont 4,237 3,413 81.7 80.4-82.9 824 18.3 17.1-19.6
Virginia 4,385 3,177 75.6 74.0-77.2 1,208 24.4 22.8-26.0
Washington 4,881 4,123 85.0 83.7-86.2 758 15.0 13.8-16.3
West Virginia 3,347 2,367 71.6 69.8-73.3 980 28.4 26.7-30.2
Wisconsin 4,355 3,381 80.0 78.5-81.3 974 20.0 18.7-21.5
Wyoming 3,545 2,776 79.6 78.1-81.1 769 20.4 18.9-21.9
Guam 831 627 75.4 71.6-78.8 204 24.6 21.2-28.4
Puerto Rico 4,118 2,137 53.2 51.2-55.1 1,981 46.8 44.9-48.8
Virgin Islands 2,277 1,608 69.3 66.9-71.7 669 30.7 28.3-33.1

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data in this table were derived from the exercise question.
Yes = Respondents who report any level of physical activity or exercise.
No = Respondents reporting no physical activity or exercise.

#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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