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Table 1 Weighted percentage of adolescents defined as physically active1 by survey year

From: Trends in physical activity and inactivity amongst US 14–18 year olds by gender, school grade and race, 1993–2003: evidence from the youth risk behavior survey

 

Weighted percentage (95% CI)2

 

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

All

65.8 (64.2 to 67.3)

63.7 (60.2 to 67.1)

63.7 (61.5 to 65.9)

64.7 (62.5 to 66.9)

64.6 (63.0 to 66.2)

62.7 (60.3 to 65.0)

Gender

   Girls

56.2 (53.7 to 58.6)

52.1 (47.3 to 57.0)

53.5 (49.6 to 57.4)

57.1 (54.6 to 59.5)

57.0 (54.6 to 59.5)

55.1 (52.0 to 58.1)

   Boys

74.7 (73.0 to 76.4)

74.4 (72.0 to 76.7)

72.3 (70.1 to 74.3)

72.4 (69.0 to 75.5)

72.6 (70.8 to 74.4)

70.0 (67.5 to 72.3)

School grade

   9

74.5 (71.4 to 77.5)

71.5 (66.0 to 76.5)

72.7 (69.5 to 75.7)

72.5 (67.4 to 77.1)

71.9 (69.1 to 74.6)

68.5 (65.3 to 71.5)

   10

69.5 (66.6 to 72.2)

69.3 (65.0 to 73.3)

65.9 (63.1 to 68.7)

64.7 (60.8 to 68.4)

67.0 (65.0 to 69.0)

64.9 (61.2 to 68.3)

   11

62.5 (59.7 to 65.3)

60.3 (54.5 to 65.7)

60.0 (56.2 to 63.8)

58.2 (55.7 to 60.7)

61.3 (58.7 to 63.9)

60.1(57.3 to 62.8)

   12

57.8 (54.8 to 60.7)

54.9 (51.9 to 57.9)

57.5 (53.6 to 61.4)

61.4 (57.4 to 65.3)

55.5 (52.2 to 58.7)

55.0 (52.4 to 57.6)

Race

   NHW 3

67.8 (66.1 to 69.3)

67.0 (62.3 to 71.5)

66.8 (63.5 to 70.0)

67.4 (64.7 to 70.0)

66.5 (64.7 to 68.4)

65.2 (62.0 to 68.3)

   Black 4

60.0 (56.0 to 63.9)

53.2 (49.5 to 56.9)

53.9 (50.8 to 57.0)

55.6 (51.2 to 60.0)

59.7 (55.6 to 63.7)

54.9 (51.2 to 58.5)

   HW 5

59.4 (54.0 to 64.6)

57.3 (53.6 to 61.0)

60.4 (57.2 to 63.5)

58.8 (53.4 to 64.0)

59.0 (56.0 to 62.0)

58.5 (55.7 to 61.3)

   Other

65.3 (61.3 to 67.3)

63.5 (57.0 to 67.1)

61.3 (55.2 to 67.0)

64.9 (62.3 to 66.8)

63.6 (59.5 to 67.5)

63.1 (59.7 to 66.4)

  1. 1 reported "exercise or sports activities that make you sweat and breathe hard for 20 minutes or more" on three or more days in last week; 295% confidence intervals; 3non-Hispanic white; 4black or African-American; 5Hispanic white