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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Physical Activity

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 265636 199501 75.4 75.1-75.7 66,135 24.6 24.3-24.9
Alabama 3,337 2,301 70.1 68.2-71.9 1,036 29.9 28.1-31.8
Alaska 2,661 2,121 80.8 78.7-82.8 540 19.2 17.2-21.3
Arizona 3,229 2,510 78.8 76.6-80.9 719 21.2 19.1-23.4
Arkansas 4,198 2,930 70.9 69.3-72.4 1,268 29.1 27.6-30.7
California 4,316 3,446 77.7 76.1-79.2 870 22.3 20.8-23.9
Colorado 4,063 3,377 83.2 81.8-84.5 686 16.8 15.5-18.2
Connecticut 5,312 4,219 79.0 77.7-80.2 1,093 21.0 19.8-22.3
Delaware 4,037 2,944 73.5 71.6-75.3 1,093 26.5 24.7-28.4
District of Columbia 2,039 1,653 77.5 74.9-79.9 386 22.5 20.1-25.1
Florida 5,030 3,554 72.1 70.1-74.0 1,476 27.9 26.0-29.9
Georgia 7,643 5,521 75.5 74.1-76.8 2,122 24.5 23.2-25.9
Hawaii 5,694 4,649 81.8 80.5-83.1 1,045 18.2 16.9-19.5
Idaho 4,991 3,974 81.4 80.0-82.6 1,017 18.6 17.4-20.0
Illinois 5,265 3,944 74.7 73.0-76.2 1,321 25.3 23.8-27.0
Indiana 5,475 3,971 73.8 72.5-75.1 1,504 26.2 24.9-27.5
Iowa 5,003 3,760 77.3 75.9-78.6 1,243 22.7 21.4-24.1
Kansas 4,617 3,381 74.1 72.6-75.5 1,236 25.9 24.5-27.4
Kentucky 7,629 4,958 69.4 67.8-70.9 2,671 30.6 29.1-32.2
Louisiana 5,078 3,482 69.5 68.0-71.0 1,596 30.5 29.0-32.0
Maine 2,390 1,858 79.4 77.6-81.1 532 20.6 18.9-22.4
Maryland 4,433 3,500 78.7 77.1-80.2 933 21.3 19.8-22.9
Massachusetts 7,574 5,778 78.4 77.2-79.5 1,796 21.6 20.5-22.8
Michigan 3,549 2,730 78.2 76.6-79.8 819 21.8 20.2-23.4
Minnesota 3,876 3,261 85.0 83.7-86.2 615 15.0 13.8-16.3
Mississippi 4,419 2,994 69.7 68.1-71.3 1,425 30.3 28.7-31.9
Missouri 4,252 3,095 76.0 74.2-77.7 1,157 24.0 22.3-25.8
Montana 4,020 3,082 79.8 78.1-81.4 938 20.2 18.6-21.9
Nebraska 4,974 3,888 79.3 78.0-80.5 1,086 20.7 19.5-22.0
Nevada 2,969 2,329 75.3 72.8-77.5 640 24.7 22.5-27.2
New Hampshire 5,040 4,019 80.1 78.7-81.3 1,021 19.9 18.7-21.3
New Jersey 11,297 8,351 73.1 72.1-74.1 2,946 26.9 25.9-27.9
New Mexico 5,493 4,184 77.1 75.7-78.4 1,309 22.9 21.6-24.3
New York 5,533 4,151 72.9 71.4-74.4 1,382 27.1 25.6-28.6
North Carolina 9,452 6,865 75.0 73.6-76.3 2,587 25.0 23.7-26.4
North Dakota 3,020 2,258 76.3 74.6-77.9 762 23.7 22.1-25.4
Ohio 3,819 2,817 73.6 71.8-75.3 1,002 26.4 24.7-28.2
Oklahoma 7,631 5,206 69.6 68.4-70.8 2,425 30.4 29.2-31.6
Oregon 4,010 3,269 81.2 79.7-82.5 741 18.8 17.5-20.3
Pennsylvania 3,666 2,811 77.4 75.9-78.9 855 22.6 21.1-24.1
Rhode Island 4,050 3,048 76.7 75.2-78.2 1,002 23.3 21.8-24.8
South Carolina 5,916 4,500 76.7 75.4-78.0 1,416 23.3 22.0-24.6
South Dakota 5,260 3,980 78.3 77.0-79.5 1,280 21.7 20.5-23.0
Tennessee 2,589 1,769 70.2 68.1-72.2 820 29.8 27.8-31.9
Texas 6,029 4,387 72.4 71.0-73.7 1,642 27.6 26.3-29.0
Utah 4,046 3,286 82.7 81.0-84.2 760 17.3 15.8-19.0
Vermont 4,243 3,406 81.3 80.0-82.6 837 18.7 17.4-20.0
Virginia 5,439 4,059 77.9 76.5-79.3 1,380 22.1 20.7-23.5
Washington 18,613 15,040 82.3 81.5-83.0 3,573 17.7 17.0-18.5
West Virginia 3,349 2,358 72.0 70.3-73.7 991 28.0 26.3-29.7
Wisconsin 4,053 3,211 81.2 79.8-82.6 842 18.8 17.4-20.2
Wyoming 4,001 3,118 78.9 77.4-80.2 883 21.1 19.8-22.6
Guam 805 567 69.8 66.0-73.3 238 30.2 26.7-34.0
Puerto Rico 4,163 2,166 54.8 52.9-56.8 1,997 45.2 43.2-47.1
Virgin Islands 2,046 1,465 71.4 68.6-73.9 581 28.6 26.1-31.4

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

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