Table 1.
Summary of surveys providing leisure-time physical activity data
| Population Subgroup | NHIS (1990, 1991, 1995)
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NHANES (2007–2010)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted Sample Size | Inactive, % | Somewhat Active, % | Active, % | Unweighted Sample Size | Inactive, % | Somewhat Active, % | Active, % | |
| Non-Hispanic White Men | 31,975 | 55.6 | 16.3 | 28.1 | 2,950 | 38.7 | 14.7 | 46.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Black Men | 4,547 | 61.1 | 13.3 | 25.6 | 1,218 | 38.9 | 13.5 | 47.6 |
| Hispanic Men | 3,449 | 61.5 | 12.8 | 25.7 | 1,749 | 40.2 | 12.7 | 47.1 |
| Non-Hispanic White Women | 42,195 | 60.9 | 17.5 | 21.6 | 2,973 | 43.3 | 17.1 | 39.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Black Women | 8,321 | 68.5 | 14.1 | 17.4 | 1,274 | 52.3 | 19.1 | 28.6 |
| Hispanic Women | 4,871 | 68.2 | 13.7 | 18.1 | 1,941 | 48.8 | 16.3 | 34.9 |