U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who play sports — PA‑12 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
50.7 percent (2020-21)

Target:
63.3 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
58.4 percent of children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years participated in a sports team or took sports lessons after school or on weekends in the past 12 months in 2016-17

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Children and adolescents who participated in sports teams or lessons in the past 12 months, 2016-17 to 2020-21 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21
Total
58.4
CI 57.3 / 59.4
SE 0.550
56.1
CI 55.1 / 57.2
SE 0.538
50.7
CI 49.8 / 51.6
SE 0.461

Children and adolescents who participated in sports teams or lessons in the past 12 months by Special health care needs, 2016-17 to 2020-21 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21
Yes
48.6
CI 46.6 / 50.6
SE 1.035
48.5
CI 46.6 / 50.4
SE 0.971
43.1
CI 41.6 / 44.7
SE 0.789
No
61.2
CI 60.0 / 62.5
SE 0.640
58.4
CI 57.2 / 59.7
SE 0.639
53.1
CI 52.0 / 54.2
SE 0.553

Highest and lowest rates for Children and adolescents who participated in sports teams or lessons in the past 12 months: Disparities by Special health care needs, 2016-17 to 2020-21 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired