22-7


22-7.		Increase the proportion of adolescents who engage in vigorous physical activity that promotes cardiorespiratory fitness 3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion.

Target: 85 percent.

Baseline: 65 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 engaged in vigorous physical activity 3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion in 1999.

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.

Students in Grades 9 Through 12, 1999 (unless noted)	Vigorous Physical Activity
	22-7. Both Genders	Females*	Males*
	Percent
TOTAL	65	57	72
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian	DSU	DSU	DSU
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU
Black or African American	56	49	64
White	68	60	75

Hispanic or Latino	61	50	72
Not Hispanic or Latino	65	58	73
Black or African American	56	47	65
White	67	60	75
Parents� education level
Less than high school	50 (1997)	43 (1997)	60 (1997)
High school graduate	54 (1997)	45 (1997)	62 (1997)
At least some college	68 (1997)	57 (1997)	75 (1997)
Select populations
Grade Levels
9th grade	73	68	77
10th grade	65	56	73
11th grade	58	49	67
12th grade	61	52	71

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
*Data for females and males are displayed to further characterize the issue.