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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Physical Activity

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  Total
Respond.#		 Mostly sitting,/standing Mostly walking Mostly heavy labor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 152378 99,584 63.1 62.6-63.5 31,206 21.9 21.5-22.3 21,588 15.1 14.7-15.4
Alabama 1,707 1,110 62.7 59.9-65.4 369 21.6 19.3-24.0 228 15.7 13.7-18.0
Alaska 1,797 1,128 61.9 58.7-65.1 332 19.4 16.8-22.2 337 18.7 16.3-21.3
Arizona 1,625 1,074 62.7 58.9-66.4 325 21.0 18.0-24.2 226 16.3 13.4-19.7
Arkansas 2,264 1,426 59.8 57.4-62.1 507 23.5 21.5-25.6 331 16.7 15.0-18.7
California 2,496 1,675 61.3 58.9-63.6 544 26.0 23.9-28.3 277 12.7 11.2-14.4
Colorado 2,547 1,698 62.8 60.6-65.0 480 20.4 18.6-22.3 369 16.8 15.1-18.6
Connecticut 3,236 2,339 69.7 67.8-71.6 551 18.3 16.7-20.0 346 12.0 10.7-13.5
Delaware 2,529 1,663 65.5 62.9-68.0 544 20.6 18.6-22.9 322 13.9 12.1-15.9
District of Columbia 1,338 1,114 77.9 74.7-80.8 160 15.1 12.7-18.0 64 7.0 5.3- 9.2
Florida 2,402 1,546 61.5 58.4-64.4 533 24.0 21.4-26.8 323 14.5 12.4-16.9
Georgia 4,360 2,808 64.4 62.4-66.3 1,016 22.0 20.4-23.7 536 13.5 12.2-15.0
Hawaii 3,606 2,203 59.3 57.3-61.4 613 17.0 15.4-18.6 790 23.7 21.9-25.5
Idaho 2,845 1,747 59.8 57.5-62.0 606 20.4 18.7-22.3 492 19.8 18.0-21.7
Illinois 3,247 2,229 65.7 63.4-67.9 672 21.0 19.1-22.9 346 13.3 11.7-15.2
Indiana 3,162 1,965 59.1 57.2-61.1 688 22.0 20.4-23.7 509 18.9 17.3-20.6
Iowa 2,991 1,959 63.6 61.5-65.6 585 20.4 18.7-22.2 447 16.0 14.5-17.7
Kansas 2,805 1,890 63.9 61.7-66.0 470 17.5 15.9-19.2 445 18.6 16.9-20.5
Kentucky 3,283 1,947 58.0 55.4-60.6 881 26.1 23.9-28.5 455 15.9 13.9-18.1
Louisiana 2,706 1,755 60.5 58.3-62.7 631 24.0 22.1-25.9 320 15.5 13.8-17.3
Maine 1,438 934 61.4 58.5-64.4 274 19.7 17.4-22.3 230 18.8 16.4-21.4
Maryland 2,803 2,000 70.5 68.2-72.6 516 18.1 16.3-20.0 287 11.5 9.9-13.3
Massachusetts 4,587 3,205 68.8 67.0-70.5 837 18.1 16.7-19.6 545 13.2 11.9-14.6
Michigan 1,880 1,249 64.1 61.6-66.7 375 20.8 18.7-23.0 256 15.1 13.2-17.2
Minnesota 2,485 1,656 65.1 62.9-67.2 399 16.2 14.7-18.0 430 18.7 17.0-20.5
Mississippi 2,345 1,511 62.1 59.8-64.4 546 23.1 21.1-25.1 288 14.8 13.1-16.7
Missouri 2,363 1,441 58.7 55.8-61.5 486 20.8 18.5-23.3 436 20.5 18.2-23.1
Montana 2,380 1,342 55.3 52.5-58.0 502 21.1 18.9-23.5 536 23.6 21.3-26.1
Nebraska 3,085 1,926 59.7 57.7-61.7 679 22.4 20.8-24.2 480 17.9 16.3-19.6
Nevada 1,805 1,117 58.7 55.4-62.0 396 24.2 21.4-27.3 292 17.0 14.6-19.8
New Hampshire 3,215 2,179 65.2 63.2-67.1 551 17.5 16.0-19.1 485 17.3 15.8-19.0
New Jersey 6,619 4,887 70.3 68.9-71.7 1,092 18.2 17.0-19.4 640 11.5 10.5-12.5
New Mexico 3,097 1,982 61.9 59.9-64.0 697 23.2 21.5-25.1 418 14.8 13.4-16.5
New York 3,173 2,203 65.2 63.1-67.2 572 20.1 18.4-21.9 398 14.7 13.2-16.4
North Carolina 5,079 3,195 58.9 56.7-61.1 1,283 26.2 24.3-28.1 601 14.9 13.2-16.8
North Dakota 1,879 1,151 58.6 56.1-61.1 369 19.6 17.6-21.6 359 21.8 19.7-24.1
Ohio 2,217 1,497 63.3 60.7-65.8 431 20.6 18.4-22.9 289 16.1 14.2-18.3
Oklahoma 4,217 2,758 61.0 59.2-62.8 852 21.3 19.9-22.8 607 17.7 16.2-19.2
Oregon 2,188 1,450 62.3 59.9-64.7 421 21.6 19.6-23.7 317 16.1 14.4-18.0
Pennsylvania 2,051 1,365 63.8 61.3-66.2 375 18.7 16.8-20.8 311 17.5 15.6-19.5
Rhode Island 2,417 1,625 62.7 60.3-65.2 464 20.4 18.4-22.6 328 16.8 14.9-19.0
South Carolina 3,197 2,062 60.7 58.6-62.7 723 23.2 21.5-25.0 412 16.1 14.5-17.9
South Dakota 3,361 1,953 56.9 54.9-58.8 773 22.6 21.0-24.3 635 20.5 18.9-22.2
Tennessee 1,440 966 64.1 61.0-67.0 295 21.0 18.6-23.7 179 14.9 12.8-17.4
Texas 3,339 2,194 61.1 59.1-63.1 754 24.6 22.9-26.5 391 14.3 12.8-15.9
Utah 2,455 1,641 66.2 63.5-68.7 432 18.3 16.2-20.6 382 15.5 13.7-17.6
Vermont 2,686 1,763 63.5 61.4-65.6 483 17.8 16.2-19.5 440 18.7 16.9-20.6
Virginia 3,225 2,134 66.9 64.8-69.0 663 19.2 17.6-21.0 428 13.8 12.4-15.5
Washington 10,180 6,642 64.7 63.5-65.8 2,048 20.3 19.4-21.4 1,490 15.0 14.1-15.9
West Virginia 1,587 929 55.9 53.1-58.6 369 23.8 21.5-26.3 289 20.3 18.1-22.7
Wisconsin 2,588 1,651 61.5 59.2-63.8 555 21.9 19.9-24.0 382 16.6 14.9-18.5
Wyoming 2,489 1,506 56.9 54.6-59.1 487 20.0 18.2-21.8 496 23.2 21.2-25.2
Guam 525 328 58.6 53.6-63.4 135 26.9 22.7-31.6 62 14.5 11.1-18.7
Puerto Rico 1,682 979 56.8 53.7-59.8 555 33.5 30.7-36.5 148 9.7 8.0-11.6
Virgin Islands 1,355 887 61.2 57.6-64.7 310 26.0 22.9-29.4 158 12.8 10.5-15.4

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.

#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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