Division of Population Health

Table 3. State-by-State Report Card on Healthy Aging (continued)
Disability* (%) 2010
No Leisure-Time Physical
Activity (%) 2010
Eat Fruit 2 or More
Times a Day (%) 2009
Eat Vegetables 3 or More Times
a Day (%) 2009
Data † L CI ‡ U CI Score § Data † L CI ‡ U CI Score § Data † L CI ‡ U CI Score § Data † L CI ‡ U CI Score §
Alabama 40.2 37.9 42.6 3 35.1 32.7 37.4 3 30.4 27.5 33.3 4 27.7 24.7 30.7 3
Alaska 46.5 38.6 54.4 4 31.4 24.0 38.9 2 39.6 31.9 47.3 2 27.0 20.4 33.6 3
Arizona 39.0 35.9 42.1 3 26.8 24.0 29.5 1 45.5 42.1 48.9 1 28.6 25.5 31.6 3
Arkansas 44.1 41.2 46.9 4 37.3 34.5 40.1 4 32.4 29.4 35.3 3 32.5 29.4 35.5 2
California 37.0 35.3 38.7 2 26.0 24.4 27.6 1 48.5 46.5 50.4 1 32.3 30.5 34.1 2
Colorado 38.7 36.7 40.6 3 24.8 23.1 26.6 1 45.9 43.7 48.0 1 29.9 27.9 32.0 3
Connecticut 32.9 30.5 35.3 1 29.5 27.1 31.8 2 49.0 46.3 51.7 1 32.3 29.8 34.9 2
Delaware 39.0 36.0 42.0 3 29.9 27.2 32.7 2 39.6 36.2 43.0 2 27.3 24.1 30.4 3
District of Columbia 35.6 32.5 38.8 2 26.4 23.4 29.3 1 51.3 47.8 54.8 1 33.8 30.5 37.2 2
Florida 37.3 35.7 39.0 2 27.9 26.4 29.4 2 44.1 41.9 46.3 2 31.4 29.4 33.5 2
Georgia 39.1 36.5 41.8 3 34.9 32.3 37.4 3 36.8 33.9 39.8 3 31.2 28.4 34.1 2
Hawaii 30.2 27.6 32.7 1 23.2 20.8 25.7 1 42.5 39.6 45.4 2 31.7 28.9 34.4 2
Idaho 40.7 38.5 43.0 3 31.0 28.9 33.2 2 40.9 38.0 43.7 2 31.3 28.6 34.0 2
Illinois 37.2 34.4 40.0 2 34.3 31.6 37.1 3 44.8 42.1 47.6 2 26.3 23.9 28.7 3
Indiana 36.2 34.2 38.2 2 34.6 32.6 36.5 3 37.5 35.2 39.8 3 26.0 23.9 28.2 3
Iowa 35.1 32.8 37.3 2 34.7 32.5 37.0 3 40.9 38.4 43.3 2 27.4 25.1 29.7 3
Kansas 40.1 38.1 42.0 3 31.0 29.2 32.9 2 35.0 33.7 36.4 3 31.0 29.7 32.3 2
Kentucky 40.5 37.8 43.2 3 39.7 37.1 42.4 4 32.4 29.8 35.0 3 32.2 29.5 34.9 2
Louisiana 39.7 37.3 42.1 3 35.9 33.6 38.2 4 33.0 30.8 35.2 3 21.2 19.3 23.0 4
Maine 36.7 34.6 38.8 2 29.7 27.7 31.6 2 46.3 44.0 48.6 1 32.5 30.3 34.6 2
Maryland 37.0 34.6 39.4 2 33.8 31.4 36.3 3 42.6 39.9 45.3 2 30.6 28.0 33.1 2
Massachusetts 33.5 31.6 35.4 1 29.6 27.8 31.5 2 47.9 45.8 50.1 1 29.3 27.3 31.3 3
Michigan 38.1 36.2 40.0 2 32.1 30.2 33.9 3 42.9 40.8 45.0 2 27.2 25.3 29.2 3
Minnesota 34.4 31.8 37.0 2 31.4 28.9 34.0 2 43.3 40.8 45.8 2 27.1 24.8 29.4 3
Mississippi 43.9 41.7 46.1 4 38.1 36.0 40.2 4 27.8 26.1 29.6 4 22.1 20.5 23.8 4
Missouri 43.5 40.5 46.5 4 36.9 34.0 39.8 4 37.5 34.3 40.6 3 28.7 25.7 31.7 3
Montana 40.8 38.4 43.2 3 32.8 30.5 35.1 3 43.5 41.0 45.9 2 29.6 27.4 31.9 3
Nebraska 38.9 36.9 40.8 3 33.9 32.0 35.8 3 44.4 42.3 46.5 2 29.9 28.0 31.8 3
Nevada 37.7 34.0 41.5 2 34.7 30.9 38.5 3 36.4 32.5 40.4 3 24.6 20.9 28.3 4
New Hampshire 35.4 33.0 37.8 2 28.6 26.3 30.8 2 46.4 43.6 49.2 1 32.3 29.6 35.0 2
New Jersey 33.2 31.1 35.2 1 35.0 32.9 37.2 3 47.7 45.4 50.1 1 28.6 26.4 30.8 3
New Mexico 41.3 38.9 43.7 3 26.1 24.0 28.2 1 37.7 35.5 40.0 3 32.2 29.9 34.5 2
New York 37.4 35.4 39.4 2 29.6 27.7 31.5 2 48.8 46.0 51.7 1 26.8 24.3 29.4 3
North Carolina 39.7 37.6 41.8 3 31.9 29.9 33.9 3 33.7 31.4 35.9 3 29.1 27.0 31.3 3
North Dakota 37.0 34.4 39.6 2 33.1 30.5 35.6 3 46.2 43.3 49.1 1 27.5 24.9 30.2 3
Ohio 37.5 35.4 39.6 2 36.0 33.9 38.0 4 40.1 37.9 42.3 2 26.9 24.9 28.9 3
Oklahoma 45.4 43.4 47.5 4 38.0 36.0 40.0 4 25.8 23.8 27.7 4 30.0 27.9 32.1 3
Oregon 41.1 38.7 43.5 3 24.2 22.1 26.3 1 40.7 37.9 43.5 2 31.3 28.6 34.0 2
Pennsylvania 35.8 34.0 37.7 2 34.1 32.3 35.9 3 44.4 42.1 46.7 2 26.8 24.7 28.8 3
Rhode Island 36.2 33.8 38.6 2 34.8 32.4 37.1 3 45.3 42.6 48.0 1 31.9 29.3 34.5 2
South Carolina 39.8 37.4 42.1 3 32.8 30.6 35.1 3 31.5 29.1 33.9 4 27.1 24.8 29.5 3
South Dakota 39.5 37.1 41.9 3 32.0 29.7 34.3 3 42.9 40.4 45.4 2 27.0 24.7 29.3 3
Tennessee 38.6 35.8 41.5 3 39.2 36.4 42.0 4 32.1 29.3 34.8 4 39.1 36.1 42.1 1
Texas 37.4 35.4 39.4 2 32.9 31.0 34.8 3 36.7 34.2 39.3 3 32.3 29.7 35.0 2
Utah 40.8 38.5 43.0 3 26.8 24.8 28.8 1 42.0 39.6 44.4 2 27.1 24.8 29.3 3
Vermont 36.8 34.6 39.0 2 28.6 26.5 30.7 2 49.3 46.8 51.8 1 31.0 28.7 33.3 2
Virginia 39.8 36.5 43.2 3 33.0 29.8 36.1 3 42.4 38.9 45.9 2 35.1 31.7 38.6 1
Washington 42.7 41.2 44.1 4 23.3 22.0 24.5 1 42.3 40.8 43.8 2 32.2 30.7 33.6 2
West Virginia 41.8 39.1 44.6 3 39.8 37.0 42.5 4 33.3 30.6 35.9 3 25.2 22.7 27.7 4
Wisconsin 33.0 30.1 36.0 1 28.7 25.9 31.5 2 48.2 44.2 52.3 1 27.6 23.8 31.3 3
Wyoming 39.0 36.6 41.3 3 33.0 30.7 35.3 3 41.8 39.3 44.4 2 30.0 27.6 32.4 3
* Defined in Table 2.
† Data are for U.S. adults aged 65 years or older.
‡ A confidence interval (CI) describes the level of uncertainty of an estimate and specifies the range in which the true value is likely to fall. This report uses
a 95% level of significance, which means that 95% of the time, the true value falls within these boundaries. When comparing prevalence of variables
across states or years, we recommend the use of confidence intervals. If the confidence intervals overlap, the difference is not statistically significant.
§ Scores are calculated as quartiles and show state performance relative to all other states. 1 = top 25%; 4 = bottom 25%.
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009–2010. See Appendix for a full description of this data source.
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