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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged >25 Years Who Reported
Regular Leisure-Time Physical Activity,* by Education Level --- National
Health Interview Survey, United States, 1997 and
2007†
* Defined as at least 30 minutes of moderate activity, five times per week, or at least 20 minutes of vigorous physical activity, three times per week.
† Data were age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.
§ 95% confidence interval.
In 1997 and 2007, the percentage of adults aged
>25 years who reported regular leisure-time physical activity increased
with level of education. In 2007, persons with a college degree or more were nearly three times as likely to report regular
leisure-time physical activity (43.4%) as those who did not complete high school (14.9%). However, regardless of education
level, from 1997 to 2007 no progress was made toward meeting the
Healthy People 2010 target of 50% of persons reporting
regular leisure-time physical activity (objective 22-2).
US Department of Health and Human Services. Objective 22-2. Healthy people 2010 (midcourse review). Washington,
DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2000. Available at
http://www.healthypeople.gov/data/midcourse/pdf/fa22.pdf.
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