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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Physical Activity

Now thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do (when you are not working, if employed or self-employed) in a usual week, do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work, or anything el se that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 76,509 33,067 46.2 45.7-46.8 43,442 53.8 53.2-54.3
Arizona 3,143 1,487 52.6 49.8-55.3 1,656 47.4 44.7-50.2
Colorado 3,939 2,085 55.3 53.4-57.1 1,854 44.7 42.9-46.6
Connecticut 5,311 2,540 49.9 48.2-51.5 2,771 50.1 48.5-51.8
Delaware 3,985 1,422 40.8 38.4-43.1 2,563 59.2 56.9-61.6
Hawaii 5,985 2,429 43.7 42.0-45.4 3,556 56.3 54.6-58.0
Illinois 2,565 975 39.1 36.9-41.4 1,590 60.9 58.6-63.1
Iowa 3,590 1,482 46.8 44.8-48.7 2,108 53.2 51.3-55.2
Maine 2,360 1,137 50.7 48.4-53.0 1,223 49.3 47.0-51.6
Maryland 4,226 1,969 48.5 46.5-50.4 2,257 51.5 49.6-53.5
Michigan 5,835 2,680 49.1 47.4-50.7 3,155 50.9 49.3-52.6
Missouri 4,598 1,910 46.6 44.6-48.6 2,688 53.4 51.4-55.4
Montana 3,906 1,919 54.3 52.1-56.5 1,987 45.7 43.5-47.9
North Carolina 6,621 2,253 36.4 34.5-38.3 4,368 63.6 61.7-65.5
North Dakota 2,886 1,233 46.0 43.9-48.1 1,653 54.0 51.9-56.1
Ohio 3,941 1,804 48.0 46.1-49.9 2,137 52.0 50.1-53.9
South Carolina 4,230 1,864 47.8 45.8-49.9 2,366 52.2 50.1-54.2
Tennessee 3,088 1,098 38.3 36.3-40.4 1,990 61.7 59.6-63.7
Virginia 4,174 1,853 47.7 45.4-50.0 2,321 52.3 50.0-54.6
Virgin Islands 2,126 927 43.9 41.2-46.6 1,199 56.1 53.4-58.8

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* If a respondent reported less than 10 mins activity/week for the next phy. activity quest., that respondent was counted in NO category

#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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