22-10


22-10.		Increase the proportion of adolescents who spend at least 50 percent of school physical education class time being physically active.

Target: 50 percent.

Baseline: 38 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 were physically active in physical education class more than 20 minutes 3 to 5 days per week 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)	Physically Active in Physical Education Classes
	22-10. Both Genders	Females*	Males*
	Percent
TOTAL	38	32	45
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	32	24	41
White	40	33	46

Hispanic or Latino	41	35	47
Not Hispanic or Latino	38	31	45
Black or African American	32	25	37
White	40	33	45
Parents� education level
Less than high school	28 (1997)	25 (1997)	32 (1997)
High school graduate	29 (1997)	24 (1997)	35 (1997)
At least some college	33 (1997)	27 (1997)	37 (1997)
Select populations
Grade levels
9th grade	55	48	62
10th grade	41	35	47
11th grade	29	24	35
12th grade	24	16	32

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.