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Increase the proportion of adolescents who participate in daily school physical education — ECBP‑01 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
19.0 percent (2021)

Target:
39.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
29.9 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 participated in daily school physical education in 2017

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Adolescents participating in daily school physical education, 2017-2021
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2019 2021
Total
29.9
CI 23.6 / 37.0
SE 3.334
25.9
CI 21.5 / 31.0
SE 2.345
19.0
CI 15.7 / 22.7
SE 1.720