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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Physical Activity

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 257314 60,619 25.6 25.3-25.9 196695 74.4 74.1-74.7
Alabama 3,258 605 21.3 19.5-23.2 2,653 78.7 76.8-80.5
Alaska 2,571 857 34.6 32.0-37.2 1,714 65.4 62.8-68.0
Arizona 3,142 828 29.1 26.7-31.6 2,314 70.9 68.4-73.3
Arkansas 4,017 880 23.3 21.8-25.0 3,137 76.7 75.0-78.2
California 4,277 1,183 28.6 27.0-30.3 3,094 71.4 69.7-73.0
Colorado 3,973 1,224 32.9 31.2-34.7 2,749 67.1 65.3-68.8
Connecticut 5,062 1,501 30.6 29.2-32.1 3,561 69.4 67.9-70.8
Delaware 3,978 857 23.4 21.7-25.3 3,121 76.6 74.7-78.3
District of Columbia 1,957 625 32.9 30.1-35.7 1,332 67.1 64.3-69.9
Florida 4,857 922 21.4 19.7-23.3 3,935 78.6 76.7-80.3
Georgia 7,398 1,474 24.9 23.4-26.5 5,924 75.1 73.5-76.6
Hawaii 5,819 1,067 19.6 18.3-20.9 4,752 80.4 79.1-81.7
Idaho 4,829 1,402 31.8 30.2-33.5 3,427 68.2 66.5-69.8
Illinois 5,146 1,148 23.6 22.0-25.2 3,998 76.4 74.8-78.0
Indiana 5,250 1,240 25.3 24.0-26.7 4,010 74.7 73.3-76.0
Iowa 4,842 861 20.9 19.5-22.5 3,981 79.1 77.5-80.5
Kansas 4,519 897 22.8 21.3-24.4 3,622 77.2 75.6-78.7
Kentucky 7,235 875 16.3 14.9-17.9 6,360 83.7 82.1-85.1
Louisiana 4,885 934 21.5 20.1-22.9 3,951 78.5 77.1-79.9
Maine 2,288 615 29.1 27.0-31.4 1,673 70.9 68.6-73.0
Maryland 4,258 1,169 28.8 27.1-30.6 3,089 71.2 69.4-72.9
Massachusetts 7,204 2,084 31.1 29.7-32.5 5,120 68.9 67.5-70.3
Michigan 3,483 847 26.6 24.8-28.4 2,636 73.4 71.6-75.2
Minnesota 3,800 919 26.4 24.8-28.0 2,881 73.6 72.0-75.2
Mississippi 4,260 735 20.2 18.8-21.8 3,525 79.8 78.2-81.2
Missouri 4,131 842 22.5 20.8-24.4 3,289 77.5 75.6-79.2
Montana 3,871 1,119 33.2 31.1-35.4 2,752 66.8 64.6-68.9
Nebraska 4,842 936 21.6 20.3-23.1 3,906 78.4 76.9-79.7
Nevada 2,889 924 30.3 28.0-32.8 1,965 69.7 67.2-72.0
New Hampshire 4,837 1,425 31.0 29.4-32.5 3,412 69.0 67.5-70.6
New Jersey 10,776 2,609 25.4 24.4-26.4 8,167 74.6 73.6-75.6
New Mexico 5,283 1,365 28.6 27.1-30.1 3,918 71.4 69.9-72.9
New York 5,304 1,299 24.5 23.1-25.9 4,005 75.5 74.1-76.9
North Carolina 9,311 1,465 19.3 17.9-20.7 7,846 80.7 79.3-82.1
North Dakota 2,910 688 26.7 24.8-28.7 2,222 73.3 71.3-75.2
Ohio 3,670 950 26.1 24.4-28.0 2,720 73.9 72.0-75.6
Oklahoma 7,540 1,256 19.5 18.4-20.7 6,284 80.5 79.3-81.6
Oregon 3,861 1,108 30.4 28.7-32.2 2,753 69.6 67.8-71.3
Pennsylvania 3,537 878 26.3 24.7-28.1 2,659 73.7 71.9-75.3
Rhode Island 3,887 1,039 29.5 27.8-31.4 2,848 70.5 68.6-72.2
South Carolina 5,635 1,332 25.9 24.5-27.3 4,303 74.1 72.7-75.5
South Dakota 5,179 978 22.0 20.6-23.5 4,201 78.0 76.5-79.4
Tennessee 2,517 447 20.0 18.1-22.1 2,070 80.0 77.9-81.9
Texas 5,779 1,388 26.1 24.7-27.5 4,391 73.9 72.5-75.3
Utah 3,947 1,298 35.5 33.4-37.6 2,649 64.5 62.4-66.6
Vermont 4,087 1,221 32.3 30.5-34.1 2,866 67.7 65.9-69.5
Virginia 5,205 1,253 28.1 26.3-30.0 3,952 71.9 70.0-73.7
Washington 18,073 5,134 31.3 30.4-32.2 12,939 68.7 67.8-69.6
West Virginia 3,288 565 19.1 17.6-20.8 2,723 80.9 79.2-82.4
Wisconsin 3,928 1,046 30.2 28.4-32.1 2,882 69.8 67.9-71.6
Wyoming 3,862 1,136 32.1 30.4-33.9 2,726 67.9 66.1-69.6
Guam 774 230 30.6 27.0-34.5 544 69.4 65.5-73.0
Puerto Rico 4,138 498 15.9 14.3-17.7 3,640 84.1 82.3-85.7
Virgin Islands 1,945 441 24.3 21.8-27.1 1,504 75.7 72.9-78.2

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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 a ctivity 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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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