No Leisure-Time Physical Activity
Research shows that moderate physical activity can reduce substantially the risk of developing or dying from heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, and high blood pressure, and may also protect against lower back pain (the most common cause of disability) and some forms of cancer (for example, breast cancer). (1) The US government currently recommends adults engage in physical activity for 30 minutes or more at least five days a week. (2) Yet a quarter of women report no leisure-time physical activity, as noted in the National Report Card.
What percentage of women have not engaged in any leisure-time physical activity in the past month?
The Report Card benchmark is the Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing to no more than 20 percent the proportion of people who engage in no leisure-time physical activity (when applied to women) [Health People 2010 Objective 22-1].
Data Source: No Leisure-Time Physical Activity (%), 2005
EXPLANATION:
This measure includes women age 18 and older in the non-institutionalized civilian population who reported that they did not engage in any leisure-time physical activity during the past month.
SOURCE:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), 2005, available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/index.asp. The national number is the median of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data for race/ethnicity and age are three-year averages from 2003-2005 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Note that data for race/ethnicity reported in the Asian/Pacific Islander column reflects only Asian data for 49 states and the District of Columbia and reflects only Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander data for Hawaii. The 2004 data from Hawaii is not available as part of the 2004 BRFSS aggregate dataset. For Hawaii, data for race/ethnicity and age are reported as two-year averages from 2003 and 2005. National Center for Health Statistics, Health Data for All Ages: Health Care Access and Use, Health Status and Disability, and Health Conditions and Risk Factors Tables, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm.
| ALABAMA |
33.0% |
F |
45 |
| ALASKA |
24.3% |
U |
19 |
| ARIZONA |
23.1% |
S- |
13 |
| ARKANSAS |
33.3% |
F |
47 |
| CALIFORNIA |
25.5% |
U |
24 |
| COLORADO |
19.7% |
S |
4 |
| CONNECTICUT |
23.1% |
S- |
13 |
| DELAWARE |
26.1% |
U |
29 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
25.3% |
U |
23 |
| FLORIDA |
30.3% |
F |
41 |
| GEORGIA |
31.2% |
F |
42 |
| HAWAII |
21.0% |
S- |
8 |
| IDAHO |
22.6% |
S- |
11 |
| ILLINOIS |
27.9% |
F |
33 |
| INDIANA |
28.7% |
F |
35 |
| IOWA |
25.6% |
U |
26 |
| KANSAS |
25.0% |
U |
22 |
| KENTUCKY |
34.3% |
F |
48 |
| LOUISIANA |
35.6% |
F |
49 |
| MAINE |
23.4% |
S- |
16 |
| MARYLAND |
25.6% |
U |
26 |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
25.5% |
U |
24 |
| MICHIGAN |
24.1% |
U |
18 |
| MINNESOTA |
17.8% |
S |
1 |
| MISSISSIPPI |
36.0% |
F |
50 |
| MISSOURI |
26.8% |
U |
30 |
| MONTANA |
22.6% |
S- |
11 |
| NEBRASKA |
24.4% |
U |
21 |
| NEVADA |
29.7% |
F |
38 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
24.0% |
S- |
17 |
| NEW JERSEY |
31.5% |
F |
44 |
| NEW MEXICO |
25.7% |
U |
28 |
| NEW YORK |
28.9% |
F |
36 |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
28.3% |
F |
34 |
| NORTH DAKOTA |
21.1% |
S- |
9 |
| OHIO |
28.9% |
F |
36 |
| OKLAHOMA |
33.2% |
F |
46 |
| OREGON |
20.2% |
S- |
5 |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
27.8% |
F |
32 |
| RHODE ISLAND |
27.1% |
U |
31 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
30.0% |
F |
40 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
21.1% |
S- |
9 |
| TENNESSEE |
36.0% |
F |
50 |
| TEXAS |
29.9% |
F |
39 |
| UTAH |
20.2% |
S- |
5 |
| VERMONT |
19.0% |
S |
3 |
| VIRGINIA |
24.3% |
U |
19 |
| WASHINGTON |
18.8% |
S |
2 |
| WEST VIRGINIA |
31.3% |
F |
43 |
| WISCONSIN |
20.3% |
S- |
7 |
| WYOMING |
23.1% |
S- |
13 |
| |
| S (Satisfactory): |
4 |
|
| S- (Satisfactory Minus): |
13 |
|
| U (Unsatisfactory): |
14 |
|
| F (Fail): |
20 |
|