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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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 105821 15,822 14.9 14.5-15.3 26,103 23.7 23.2-24.1 37,789 32.7 32.2-33.2 16,768 19.7 19.2-20.3 9,339 9.0 8.7- 9.3
Alabama 1,220 166 14.0 11.7-16.7 277 22.5 19.8-25.4 406 33.2 30.0-36.5 220 18.5 16.0-21.3 151 11.8 9.8-14.2
Alaska 1,336 216 16.0 13.5-19.0 324 22.0 19.1-25.2 470 34.6 31.2-38.3 211 18.3 15.4-21.6 115 9.0 7.1-11.4
Arizona 1,344 193 13.9 11.4-16.8 342 26.7 23.2-30.5 493 34.8 31.2-38.6 200 13.8 11.4-16.5 116 10.9 8.3-14.1
Arkansas 1,681 300 17.4 15.4-19.6 399 23.2 20.9-25.6 513 30.4 27.9-33.0 268 16.3 14.3-18.5 201 12.7 10.9-14.8
California 2,063 335 16.5 14.6-18.5 456 21.3 19.3-23.5 278 12.3 10.8-14.0 860 43.0 40.4-45.6 134 6.8 5.6- 8.3
Colorado 2,032 308 14.5 12.9-16.2 475 23.6 21.6-25.8 788 38.7 36.3-41.1 293 15.0 13.3-16.9 168 8.2 6.9- 9.7
Connecticut 2,441 354 13.8 12.3-15.4 647 26.1 24.2-28.1 931 37.9 35.7-40.1 336 14.3 12.7-15.9 173 7.9 6.6- 9.4
Delaware 1,423 160 10.6 8.7-12.8 337 24.3 21.4-27.4 583 40.5 37.1-43.9 238 17.3 14.8-20.2 105 7.3 5.7- 9.4
District of Columbia 1,010 111 10.6 8.5-13.2 255 22.2 19.1-25.7 448 44.4 40.2-48.7 152 16.9 13.9-20.3 44 5.8 3.9- 8.6
Florida 1,664 230 12.1 10.1-14.5 361 22.2 19.2-25.7 578 36.2 32.8-39.7 279 17.1 14.5-20.0 216 12.4 10.1-15.0
Georgia 2,850 367 11.2 9.7-12.9 665 23.3 21.1-25.6 1,007 36.8 34.2-39.4 463 17.7 15.6-20.0 348 11.1 9.7-12.7
Hawaii 2,075 89 4.1 3.2- 5.3 625 30.8 28.4-33.3 830 41.7 39.1-44.4 333 15.5 13.6-17.6 198 7.9 6.7- 9.4
Idaho 2,392 391 16.1 14.4-18.1 628 26.2 24.1-28.5 814 34.7 32.3-37.1 340 14.4 12.8-16.2 219 8.5 7.3-10.0
Illinois 2,059 302 14.7 12.7-17.0 522 25.0 22.6-27.6 757 37.1 34.2-40.1 311 15.4 13.3-17.8 167 7.7 6.3- 9.4
Indiana 2,266 394 17.7 16.0-19.5 532 22.5 20.6-24.5 749 32.3 30.2-34.6 384 18.2 16.4-20.2 207 9.3 8.0-10.7
Iowa 1,695 319 19.5 17.2-21.9 435 24.7 22.4-27.3 598 34.2 31.5-37.1 241 16.3 14.1-18.9 102 5.3 4.2- 6.6
Kansas 1,672 316 18.3 16.3-20.6 443 26.4 23.9-28.9 568 33.4 30.7-36.2 225 14.0 12.0-16.2 120 7.9 6.4- 9.8
Kentucky 1,462 210 13.8 11.3-16.8 349 21.9 18.8-25.2 500 34.9 31.3-38.7 302 22.6 19.5-26.1 101 6.8 5.2- 8.9
Louisiana 1,669 180 11.1 9.5-13.0 478 28.6 26.2-31.2 567 32.3 29.8-35.0 262 16.8 14.7-19.1 182 11.2 9.5-13.1
Maine 1,065 174 16.6 14.2-19.4 294 27.8 24.8-31.1 363 33.5 30.3-36.9 140 13.0 10.9-15.5 94 9.0 7.2-11.1
Maryland 2,067 273 12.2 10.5-14.2 530 25.2 23.0-27.7 782 36.7 34.2-39.4 328 18.0 15.9-20.3 154 7.8 6.4- 9.3
Massachusetts 3,336 455 13.5 12.1-15.1 798 23.7 21.9-25.6 1,380 40.5 38.4-42.7 453 14.4 12.9-16.1 250 7.8 6.7- 9.0
Michigan 1,503 279 18.9 16.7-21.3 371 23.8 21.4-26.3 542 35.8 33.0-38.6 202 14.4 12.4-16.7 109 7.2 5.8- 8.9
Minnesota 1,792 370 21.1 19.1-23.4 482 26.9 24.6-29.4 600 33.1 30.7-35.6 225 12.5 10.8-14.4 115 6.4 5.2- 7.8
Mississippi 1,474 184 11.8 10.1-13.8 352 22.8 20.3-25.4 450 30.1 27.4-33.0 278 21.1 18.6-23.8 210 14.2 12.2-16.4
Missouri 1,617 282 16.2 13.9-18.7 389 24.4 21.7-27.3 530 35.3 32.1-38.6 237 14.8 12.5-17.5 179 9.4 7.8-11.2
Montana 1,823 298 14.8 12.7-17.1 466 25.7 23.1-28.6 604 33.8 30.9-36.9 258 15.3 13.1-17.9 197 10.3 8.6-12.3
Nebraska 1,775 290 15.9 14.1-18.0 494 28.0 25.6-30.4 613 34.3 31.9-36.9 242 13.6 11.9-15.5 136 8.1 6.7- 9.8
Nevada 1,442 197 12.6 10.4-15.2 319 22.8 19.9-26.1 523 35.2 31.7-38.8 237 16.7 14.0-19.8 166 12.6 10.1-15.7
New Hampshire 2,360 306 13.5 12.0-15.2 580 23.5 21.5-25.5 960 40.8 38.5-43.2 335 14.6 13.0-16.4 179 7.6 6.4- 9.0
New Jersey 4,370 602 13.9 12.7-15.2 1,103 24.5 23.0-26.1 1,725 38.1 36.4-39.9 623 14.7 13.4-16.1 317 8.8 7.7-10.1
New Mexico 2,288 349 15.4 13.6-17.3 527 22.4 20.4-24.6 843 37.8 35.4-40.2 373 16.3 14.5-18.2 196 8.2 7.0- 9.6
New York 2,154 325 15.1 13.3-17.0 508 23.9 21.8-26.1 820 36.6 34.2-39.0 350 16.9 15.1-18.8 151 7.6 6.3- 9.1
North Carolina 2,653 284 9.7 8.1-11.5 646 24.4 21.9-27.1 992 37.6 34.6-40.7 451 18.0 15.7-20.5 280 10.4 8.7-12.3
North Dakota 1,204 230 18.3 16.0-20.9 334 28.8 25.9-32.0 394 31.0 28.1-34.0 159 14.4 12.2-17.0 87 7.4 5.8- 9.4
Ohio 1,637 266 17.1 15.0-19.5 387 22.9 20.5-25.6 603 34.9 32.1-37.8 241 15.9 13.7-18.2 140 9.2 7.5-11.2
Oklahoma 2,524 376 14.6 13.0-16.3 589 23.2 21.4-25.3 909 36.6 34.3-38.8 420 16.6 14.9-18.5 230 9.0 7.8-10.4
Oregon 1,859 298 16.1 14.3-18.1 419 21.6 19.6-23.8 704 36.8 34.3-39.3 274 16.3 14.4-18.4 164 9.2 7.7-10.9
Pennsylvania 1,528 259 16.7 14.7-19.0 391 25.3 22.9-27.8 526 33.9 31.2-36.7 222 15.5 13.5-17.8 130 8.5 7.1-10.3
Rhode Island 1,674 217 12.9 10.9-15.1 404 23.2 20.9-25.7 659 38.6 35.8-41.5 274 17.1 14.9-19.4 120 8.2 6.6-10.2
South Carolina 2,410 357 14.1 12.5-15.8 573 22.8 20.8-24.8 847 35.1 32.8-37.5 392 17.3 15.5-19.2 241 10.8 9.4-12.5
South Dakota 1,838 340 18.5 16.3-20.9 452 24.6 22.3-27.0 619 32.7 30.2-35.4 272 16.0 14.0-18.2 155 8.1 6.7- 9.9
Tennessee 867 67 7.6 5.8- 9.8 191 20.8 17.9-24.1 295 33.6 29.9-37.4 211 25.4 22.1-28.9 103 12.7 10.1-15.9
Texas 2,451 369 14.6 13.0-16.3 601 23.0 21.2-25.0 861 35.6 33.3-37.9 376 16.3 14.5-18.2 244 10.6 9.2-12.1
Utah 2,097 357 16.2 14.2-18.4 552 25.4 23.0-27.9 772 37.9 35.1-40.8 281 14.8 12.8-17.0 135 5.8 4.5- 7.3
Vermont 2,029 302 14.8 13.1-16.6 492 24.3 22.1-26.5 744 36.0 33.5-38.5 317 15.7 13.9-17.8 174 9.2 7.8-10.9
Virginia 2,268 336 14.6 12.5-17.0 554 24.8 22.4-27.3 779 34.4 31.7-37.1 386 16.4 14.5-18.5 213 9.8 8.0-12.0
Washington 8,659 1,487 17.2 16.1-18.2 2,115 23.4 22.3-24.5 3,090 36.1 34.8-37.4 1,288 16.0 15.0-17.0 679 7.4 6.7- 8.1
West Virginia 1,079 131 12.2 10.1-14.6 280 26.9 23.8-30.3 333 29.8 26.8-33.0 180 16.9 14.4-19.7 155 14.2 12.0-16.7
Wisconsin 1,853 303 15.0 13.2-17.0 485 25.5 23.2-28.0 674 37.6 34.8-40.5 255 14.5 12.5-16.7 136 7.3 6.0- 8.9
Wyoming 1,902 302 15.9 14.1-17.9 485 25.5 23.3-27.8 680 33.9 31.5-36.4 258 14.4 12.6-16.5 177 10.3 8.8-12.0
Guam 378 45 10.9 7.9-14.9 78 19.3 15.4-24.0 138 35.6 30.4-41.2 64 18.0 13.9-23.0 53 16.1 12.0-21.3
Puerto Rico 738 56 7.0 5.1- 9.5 154 18.7 15.3-22.7 291 36.4 32.1-40.9 126 20.5 16.8-24.7 111 17.4 14.0-21.5
Virgin Islands 753 115 15.5 12.3-19.5 158 19.7 16.4-23.6 266 33.5 29.1-38.1 122 19.8 15.9-24.3 92 11.5 8.8-14.9

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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