Health club consumers

Nevadans are more likely than other

Americans to belong to a gym, says a

study commissioned by a trade group.

The International health, Racquet

and Sportsclub Association found that

18.5 percent of the state's residents over

age 6 belong to a health club. That ties

Nevada for tops with South Dakota.

Colorado and Massachusetts were

the only other states in which more than

18 percent of the population belongs to

a health club, said the group.

Among American metropolitan

areas, Las Vegas ranked fifth in club

membership at 18 percent. Tops was

Orlando, where 24.9 percent of the population

belongs to a gym.

The association didn't break out figures

for the Reno metropolitan area.

Heath-club members nationwide go to

the gym an average of 93 days a year, the

study found. That's a 27 percent increase

since 1987.