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Increase the proportion of adults who engage regularly, preferably daily, in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes per day.

Target: 30 percent.

Baseline: 15 percent of adults aged 18 years and older engaged in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes 5 or more days per week 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

22-2.
30 Minutes of
Activity 5 or More
Days per Week

20 Minutes of
Activity 3 or More
Days per Week*

Percent

TOTAL

15

31

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

13

25

Asian or Pacific Islander

15

30

Asian

15

30

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

11

31

Black or African American

10

23

White

15

32

 

Hispanic or Latino

11

23

Not Hispanic or Latino

15

32

Black or African American

10

22

White

16

33

Gender

Female

13

30

Male

16

31

Education level (aged 25 years and older)

Less than 9th grade

7

13

Grades 9 through 11

11

21

High school graduate

14

28

Some college or AA degree

17

34

College graduate or above

17

38

Geographic location

Urban

15

31

Rural

15

30

Disability status

Persons with disabilities

12

23

Persons without disabilities

16

33

Select populations

Age groups

18 to 24 years

17

36

25 to 44 years

15

31

45 to 64 years

14

30

65 to 74 years

16

31

75 years and older

12

23

Persons with arthritis symptoms

15

29

Persons without arthritis symptoms

15

32

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.
*Data for 20 minutes of activity 3 or more days per week are displayed to further characterize the issue.