Table 3

Daily physical activity counts (thousands) by intensity level and by sex, race and age groups

Male

Female

Physical Activity Level

Age

Hispanics

Whites

Blacks

Hispanics

Whites

Blacks

Total physical activity

18–39

411.7

(385.6, 437.8)

337.9

(318.4, 357.5)

338.7

(291.4, 386.0)

249.6

(228.0, 271.2)

263.5

(247.2, 279.7)

234.4

(208.0, 260.7)

40–59

319.2

(288.9, 349.6)

293.0

(268.8, 317.2)

317.0

(270.5, 363.6)

286.7

(253.5, 319.8)

222.2

(209.4, 234.9)

224.8

(198.3, 251.2)

60+

211.6

(169.3, 254.0)

182.4

(162.5, 202.3)

171.3

(148.2, 194.3)

155.7

(134.0, 177.4)

158.8

(147.2, 170.4)

145.4

(130.7, 160.2)

Light Physical Activity

18–39

239.8

(224.9, 254.8)

197.6

(178.7, 216.5)

189.8

(168.1, 211.5)

170.4

(158.5, 182.3)

173.5

(163.3, 183.7)

160.3

(148.7, 171.9)

40–59

210.3

(183.1, 237.4)

187.5

(176.0, 199.0)

199.0

(176.7, 221.4)

196.3

(185.2, 207.4)

162.5

(155.4, 169.7)

163.3

(143.6, 183.1)

60+

149.4

(124.6, 174.2)

131.8

(119.9, 143.8)

134.6

(116.1, 153.0)

129.7

(113.4, 146.0)

128.4

(118.0, 138.7)

124.5

(112.1, 136.9)

Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity

18–39

171.9

(147.6, 196.1)

140.3

(123.4, 157.2)

148.9

(114.2, 183.5)

79.2

(63.2, 95.2)

90.0

(73.4, 106.6)

74.1

(50.2, 98.0)

40–59

109.0

(95.0, 123.0)

105.5

(88.9, 122.1)

117.9

(84.0, 152.0)

90.4

(62.5, 118.2)

59.7

(49.3, 70.0)

61.4

(44.3, 78.6)

60+

62.2

(40.0, 84.4)

50.6

(40.7, 60.4)

36.7

(28.8, 44.7)

26.0

(18.6, 33.4)

30.5

(25.5, 35.4)

21.0

(13.2, 28.7)

Significant differences in activity counts by gender are indicated with bold print

All values are means and 95% confidence interval

Hawkins et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009 6:31   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-6-31