Table 1.

Age-standardized^a prevalence of meeting 2008 HHS physical activity recommendations among U.S. adults with and without serious psychological distress: 16 states,^b BRFSS, 2009

^aEstimates are age-standardized with the direct method based on the 2000 U.S. population aged ≥18 years.

^bCalifornia, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wyoming

^cBased on the Kessler 6 scale, whereby 4 = all of the time, 3 = most of the time, 2 = some of the time, 1 = a little of the time, and 0 = none of the time. A total K6 score of ≥13 indicates serious psychological distress and <13 indicates no serious psychological distress.

^dn = unweighted sample size, and N = weighted U.S. adult population aged ≥18 years

^eHighly active = ≥301 weekly minutes of moderate-intensity and/or vigorous-intensity physical activity and moderately active = 150–300 weekly minutes of moderate-intensity and/or vigorous-intensity physical activity.

^fIncludes American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander

HHS = U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

BRFSS = Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

SE = standard error

NH = non-Hispanic

BMI = body mass index

kg/m² = kilograms per meter squared