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Data tables for figures 7.1-7.3:
Data table for figure 7.1. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity: United States, 1997-2001

Year

Percent (95% confidence interval)

Crude1

Age-adjusted2

1997

32.1 (31.4-32.8)

31.9 (31.2-32.5)

1998

29.9 (29.2-30.6)

29.7 (29.0-30.4)

1999

30.4 (29.7-31.1)

30.2 (29.5-30.9)

2000

32.0 (31.3-32.7)

31.9 (31.2-32.6)

2001

32.1 (31.3-32.8)

32.0 (31.2-32.7)

1Crude estimates are presented in the graph.
2Estimates are age-adjusted to a year 2000 standard population for this Healthy People 2010 leading health indicator using five age groups: 18-24 years, 25-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-64 years, and 65 years and over.

 
Data table for figure 7.2. Percent of adults aged 18 and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity, by sex and age group: United States, 2001

Age and sex

Percent

95% confidence interval

18-24 years
Total
Men
Women

41.7
48.3
35.2

39.4-44.1
44.9-51.8
32.3-38.0

25-64 years
Total
Men
Women

32.7
35.4
30.0

31.8-33.5
34.2-36.6
29.1-31.0

65-74 years
Total
Men
Women

26.8
30.0
24.1

25.0-28.6
27.1-32.9
21.7-26.6

75 years and over
Total
Men
Women

15.3
18.8
13.0

13.7-16.9
16.1-21.4
11.1-14.9

 
Data table for figure 7.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001

Race/ethnicity

Percent1

95% confidence interval

Hispanic

21.1

19.6-22.5

White non-Hispanic

35.0

34.1-35.9

Black non-Hispanic

25.3

23.6-26.9

1Estimates are age-sex-adjusted to a year 2000 standard population using five age groups: 18-24 years, 25-44 years, 45-64 years, 65-74 years, and 75 years and over.

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