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 Screening and Risk Factors
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Screening and Risk Factors Report

No Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Past Month
2006, All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 18+
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 22-01

Reduce the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity.

Sorted by State
State
Met Objective
of 20.0%?
1
Percent
(95% Confidence Interval)
2
Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
Alabama No 29.2 (27.2, 31.3) 1,062
Alaska No 21.4 (19.1, 23.9) 496
Arizona No 22.3 (20.1, 24.7) 1,224
Arkansas No 28.7 (27.3, 30.2) 1,734
California No 23.0 (21.5, 24.5) 1,219
Colorado Yes 17.4 (16.2, 18.6) 1,078
Connecticut Yes 19.8 (18.8, 20.9) 2,020
Delaware No 21.6 (19.9, 23.3) 991
District of Columbia No 22.1 (20.4, 23.8) 840
Florida No 25.1 (23.9, 26.3) 2,837
Georgia No 24.7 (23.4, 26.1) 2,127
Hawaii Yes 19.3 (18.0, 20.6) 1,211
Idaho No 20.8 (19.4, 22.2) 1,210
Illinois No 22.4 (20.9, 23.9) 1,213
Indiana No 25.3 (24.0, 26.6) 1,824
Iowa No 22.3 (21.0, 23.7) 1,331
Kansas No 22.6 (21.5, 23.7) 2,100
Kentucky No 30.4 (28.7, 32.1) 2,285
Louisiana No 31.0 (29.7, 32.4) 2,210
Maine No 20.9 (19.5, 22.4) 903
Maryland No 23.0 (21.7, 24.3) 2,180
Massachusetts No 21.1 (20.1, 22.2) 3,374
Michigan No 22.8 (21.5, 24.2) 1,418
Minnesota Yes 14.2 (12.9, 15.5) 664
Mississippi No 31.1 (29.6, 32.7) 2,017
Missouri No 23.2 (21.5, 25.0) 1,547
Montana Yes 19.4 (18.1, 20.6) 1,386
Nebraska No 21.0 (19.8, 22.3) 1,961
Nevada No 27.1 (24.9, 29.5) 900
New Hampshire Yes 19.6 (18.5, 20.9) 1,340
New Jersey No 27.0 (25.9, 28.1) 3,749
New Mexico No 22.6 (21.3, 24.0) 1,623
New York No 26.0 (24.5, 27.6) 1,520
North Carolina No 23.8 (22.9, 24.7) 4,115
North Dakota No 22.0 (20.5, 23.6) 1,210
Ohio No 24.5 (22.4, 26.8) 1,681
Oklahoma No 29.8 (28.5, 31.2) 2,205
Oregon Yes 16.4 (15.1, 17.7) 870
Pennsylvania No 22.9 (21.6, 24.3) 3,869
Rhode Island No 24.7 (23.1, 26.4) 1,227
South Carolina No 24.3 (23.2, 25.6) 2,386
South Dakota No 24.0 (22.6, 25.5) 1,747
Tennessee No 28.8 (27.0, 30.7) 1,462
Texas No 28.4 (26.5, 30.5) 2,145
Utah Yes 19.4 (17.9, 20.9) 1,107
Vermont Yes 17.9 (16.9, 18.9) 1,398
Virginia No 21.7 (20.0, 23.5) 1,346
Washington Yes 17.3 (16.6, 18.0) 4,682
West Virginia No 25.6 (24.0, 27.3) 1,047
Wisconsin Yes 19.3 (17.8, 20.8) 1,062
Wyoming No 21.9 (20.6, 23.3) 1,188
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/30/2009 10:23 pm.
1 Healthy People 2010 Objectives is managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2 2006 BRFSS Survey Data is the source for this data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

BRFSS Prevalence estimates presented here may vary from other published estimates due to differences in the methodology used to generate estimates.