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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*

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Respond.#		 10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 203229 39,635 19.5 19.2-19.8 58,348 28.2 27.9-28.6 60,858 27.6 27.3-28.0 25,074 14.8 14.5-15.1 19,314 9.8 9.6-10.1
Alabama 2,500 480 18.5 16.8-20.4 735 29.5 27.4-31.7 699 27.4 25.4-29.5 323 13.7 12.1-15.6 263 10.9 9.5-12.4
Alaska 2,136 422 18.2 16.0-20.5 585 27.2 24.6-30.0 674 33.5 30.7-36.4 248 11.9 10.0-14.2 207 9.2 7.7-11.0
Arizona 2,547 459 18.0 15.9-20.3 745 29.8 27.2-32.6 799 32.5 29.7-35.4 293 10.6 9.0-12.5 251 9.2 7.6-10.9
Arkansas 3,118 599 18.4 16.9-19.9 867 27.5 25.7-29.4 873 27.5 25.7-29.3 396 13.7 12.3-15.2 383 13.0 11.6-14.6
California 3,667 757 20.5 19.0-22.1 984 27.1 25.4-28.8 360 9.2 8.2-10.4 1,226 33.4 31.6-35.3 340 9.8 8.7-11.1
Colorado 3,395 648 19.1 17.6-20.7 984 29.0 27.3-30.8 1,112 31.8 30.0-33.6 378 11.8 10.5-13.2 273 8.3 7.3- 9.4
Connecticut 4,154 793 18.5 17.2-19.9 1,256 30.1 28.5-31.7 1,275 30.3 28.7-31.9 452 11.4 10.3-12.6 378 9.8 8.7-10.9
Delaware 3,037 604 20.1 18.2-22.1 841 26.8 24.7-28.9 904 30.2 28.1-32.4 445 15.5 13.8-17.3 243 7.4 6.3- 8.7
District of Columbia 1,592 330 21.3 18.9-24.0 485 29.2 26.4-32.2 523 33.1 30.1-36.3 150 9.2 7.6-11.0 104 7.2 5.7- 9.0
Florida 3,559 628 18.3 16.5-20.4 972 27.9 25.6-30.2 1,135 33.2 30.9-35.7 421 11.4 9.9-13.1 403 9.1 7.8-10.5
Georgia 5,551 981 15.9 14.7-17.3 1,630 28.1 26.5-29.8 1,707 32.4 30.6-34.3 653 13.1 11.8-14.5 580 10.4 9.3-11.5
Hawaii 4,687 984 20.2 18.9-21.7 1,319 30.5 28.8-32.2 1,408 28.6 27.0-30.2 621 13.6 12.4-14.9 355 7.1 6.2- 8.1
Idaho 4,085 810 19.5 18.1-21.1 1,059 26.8 25.1-28.5 1,209 29.3 27.6-31.0 551 13.6 12.4-14.9 456 10.8 9.7-12.0
Illinois 4,025 803 19.6 18.0-21.3 1,025 25.0 23.3-26.9 1,278 31.7 29.7-33.7 466 12.2 10.9-13.7 453 11.5 10.2-12.9
Indiana 4,218 875 20.4 19.0-21.8 1,203 28.2 26.7-29.8 1,177 27.9 26.4-29.4 502 12.2 11.1-13.4 461 11.3 10.3-12.4
Iowa 3,810 846 21.0 19.5-22.6 1,094 28.2 26.5-29.9 1,140 30.3 28.5-32.1 439 12.4 11.1-13.9 291 8.2 7.2- 9.3
Kansas 3,580 753 20.3 18.8-21.9 1,162 32.7 30.9-34.5 1,062 28.7 27.0-30.5 370 11.5 10.2-12.8 233 6.8 5.9- 8.0
Kentucky 4,648 1,181 24.3 22.4-26.3 1,463 30.0 28.1-32.1 1,300 27.7 25.8-29.8 490 12.4 10.9-14.2 214 5.4 4.4- 6.6
Louisiana 3,392 517 15.2 13.8-16.6 1,250 35.0 33.2-36.9 920 27.2 25.5-28.9 383 12.3 11.0-13.7 322 10.4 9.2-11.7
Maine 1,877 340 18.4 16.4-20.5 538 27.1 24.9-29.4 590 32.1 29.7-34.6 222 12.3 10.7-14.1 187 10.2 8.7-11.9
Maryland 3,492 672 20.5 18.7-22.3 1,047 29.6 27.8-31.6 1,074 29.8 28.0-31.8 395 11.9 10.5-13.4 304 8.2 7.2- 9.3
Massachusetts 5,777 1,063 17.9 16.7-19.2 1,664 28.5 27.1-30.0 1,894 33.4 31.8-34.9 639 11.3 10.3-12.4 517 8.9 8.0- 9.9
Michigan 2,847 620 21.7 20.0-23.5 755 27.5 25.6-29.5 843 28.7 26.8-30.7 329 12.1 10.7-13.6 300 10.0 8.8-11.3
Minnesota 3,300 752 22.4 20.8-24.0 938 28.4 26.8-30.2 994 30.0 28.2-31.8 363 11.6 10.3-12.9 253 7.7 6.7- 8.7
Mississippi 3,042 550 17.0 15.5-18.5 874 28.6 26.7-30.5 903 29.5 27.6-31.4 386 13.0 11.6-14.5 329 12.0 10.6-13.5
Missouri 3,271 697 21.3 19.4-23.3 889 26.6 24.6-28.7 918 27.7 25.6-29.9 390 12.9 11.4-14.6 377 11.5 9.9-13.3
Montana 3,201 617 17.9 16.2-19.8 773 25.4 23.3-27.5 961 30.4 28.3-32.6 429 14.1 12.5-16.0 421 12.1 10.7-13.7
Nebraska 3,861 840 21.2 19.7-22.7 1,200 30.8 29.2-32.5 1,163 30.0 28.3-31.7 389 10.8 9.7-12.0 269 7.3 6.4- 8.3
Nevada 2,385 422 19.4 17.2-21.8 546 21.2 19.0-23.6 734 29.9 27.3-32.6 372 17.0 14.8-19.4 311 12.5 10.6-14.7
New Hampshire 4,093 678 16.1 14.9-17.5 1,190 28.6 27.0-30.2 1,337 32.4 30.7-34.1 491 12.9 11.7-14.2 397 10.0 9.0-11.2
New Jersey 8,405 1,742 21.2 20.2-22.3 2,557 29.6 28.5-30.8 2,563 30.1 28.9-31.3 857 10.3 9.5-11.1 686 8.8 8.1- 9.6
New Mexico 4,371 770 17.3 16.0-18.8 1,180 27.0 25.4-28.6 1,379 31.5 29.9-33.3 607 14.4 13.1-15.7 435 9.8 8.8-10.9
New York 4,152 898 21.9 20.4-23.4 1,210 28.2 26.6-29.8 1,220 28.5 26.9-30.1 476 12.1 10.9-13.4 348 9.4 8.4-10.6
North Carolina 6,646 1,242 16.7 15.5-18.1 2,038 29.7 28.0-31.4 2,140 33.6 31.8-35.5 719 12.3 11.0-13.7 507 7.6 6.7- 8.7
North Dakota 2,383 552 22.7 20.8-24.6 710 29.3 27.3-31.5 668 28.4 26.4-30.5 254 11.0 9.5-12.5 199 8.6 7.4-10.0
Ohio 2,947 616 20.7 19.0-22.6 865 27.9 25.9-29.9 868 29.1 27.1-31.2 307 11.2 9.8-12.7 291 11.0 9.6-12.6
Oklahoma 5,695 1,025 17.5 16.4-18.7 1,794 29.8 28.5-31.2 1,856 33.5 32.1-35.0 586 10.4 9.5-11.4 434 8.7 7.9- 9.7
Oregon 3,266 626 19.1 17.7-20.7 882 26.5 24.8-28.2 1,017 30.8 29.0-32.6 420 12.9 11.7-14.3 321 10.7 9.5-12.0
Pennsylvania 2,908 574 19.0 17.4-20.6 856 28.9 27.1-30.8 879 31.2 29.2-33.2 319 11.1 9.9-12.5 280 9.8 8.7-11.1
Rhode Island 3,082 605 19.6 17.9-21.3 867 27.0 25.2-28.9 982 32.6 30.6-34.6 371 11.9 10.6-13.4 257 8.9 7.8-10.3
South Carolina 4,514 848 18.7 17.4-20.1 1,246 26.7 25.2-28.3 1,366 30.1 28.5-31.7 567 12.9 11.8-14.1 487 11.6 10.5-12.8
South Dakota 4,116 784 18.1 16.8-19.5 1,230 29.9 28.3-31.7 1,195 29.0 27.4-30.7 583 15.1 13.8-16.6 324 7.8 6.9- 8.9
Tennessee 1,790 321 16.8 14.9-18.9 613 33.1 30.6-35.8 501 29.1 26.6-31.7 269 15.8 13.8-18.0 86 5.2 4.1- 6.6
Texas 4,462 909 19.7 18.4-21.0 1,267 28.3 26.8-29.9 1,284 27.7 26.2-29.2 538 13.1 12.0-14.4 464 11.2 10.1-12.3
Utah 3,404 677 20.6 18.9-22.5 949 28.2 26.2-30.3 1,064 30.7 28.7-32.8 402 11.6 10.2-13.1 312 8.9 7.6-10.4
Vermont 3,454 666 18.2 16.8-19.7 957 27.8 26.1-29.6 1,094 31.4 29.6-33.3 421 12.6 11.3-14.0 316 9.9 8.7-11.3
Virginia 4,141 829 19.5 17.9-21.2 1,162 28.2 26.3-30.1 1,166 29.3 27.4-31.3 515 12.2 10.9-13.6 469 10.9 9.7-12.3
Washington 15,235 3,006 19.7 18.9-20.5 4,076 27.1 26.2-28.0 4,599 30.9 30.0-31.9 2,029 13.0 12.3-13.7 1,525 9.3 8.7- 9.9
West Virginia 2,452 441 17.3 15.7-19.0 769 30.8 28.8-32.9 634 25.8 23.9-27.9 291 13.1 11.6-14.7 317 13.0 11.5-14.6
Wisconsin 3,384 663 20.2 18.6-22.0 988 27.7 25.9-29.6 1,014 30.5 28.6-32.4 365 10.8 9.6-12.2 354 10.8 9.6-12.1
Wyoming 3,241 594 17.9 16.4-19.4 859 26.4 24.7-28.1 922 28.2 26.5-30.0 442 14.0 12.7-15.5 424 13.5 12.2-15.0
Guam 585 92 16.3 13.1-20.1 151 25.5 21.8-29.7 170 28.2 24.3-32.5 87 15.5 12.4-19.1 85 14.5 11.5-18.2
Puerto Rico 2,438 200 8.1 6.8- 9.6 716 29.4 27.1-31.8 931 37.8 35.3-40.4 228 10.0 8.5-11.7 363 14.7 12.9-16.7
Virgin Islands 1,311 234 17.5 15.0-20.4 333 27.3 24.1-30.7 380 27.5 24.5-30.8 209 15.6 13.3-18.3 155 12.0 10.0-14.5

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

#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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