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Increase the proportion of children who do enough aerobic physical activity — PA‑09 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
23.6 percent (2020-21)

Target:
30.4 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
25.9 percent of children aged 6 to 13 years met the current aerobic physical activity guideline in 2016-17

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Children meeting aerobic physical activity guidelines, 2016-17 to 2020-21 
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21
Total
25.9
CI 24.8 / 27.2
SE 0.610
25.6
CI 24.5 / 26.7
SE 0.563
23.6
CI 22.7 / 24.5
SE 0.467