22-1


22-1.		Reduce the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity.

Target: 20 percent.

Baseline: 40 percent of adults aged 18 years and older engaged in no leisure-time physical activity in 1997 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.

Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, 1997	No Leisure-Time Physical Activity
Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, 1997	Percent
TOTAL	40
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	46
Asian or Pacific Islander	42
Asian	42
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	41
Black or African American	52
White	38

Hispanic or Latino	54
Not Hispanic or Latino	38
Black or African American	52
White	36
Gender
Female	43
Male	36
Education level (aged 25 years and older)
Less than 9th grade	73
Grades 9 through 11	59
High school graduate	46
Some college or AA degree	35
College graduate or above	24
Geographic location
Urban	39
Rural	43
Disability status
Persons with disabilities	56
Persons without disabilities	36
Select populations
Age groups
18 to 24 years	31
25 to 44 years	34
45 to 64 years	42
65 to 74 years	51
75 years and older	65
Persons with arthritis symptoms	43
Persons without arthritis symptoms	38

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.