The bar chart illustrates the percentage of Australian men and women who engaged in regular physical activity across various age groups in 2010.
Overall, it is evident that a higher proportion of women participated in physical activity compared to men in most age categories. The only exception was the youngest age group (15-24 years), where men (52.8%) were more active than women (47.7%).
For women, the percentage of those engaging in regular physical activity increased steadily with age, peaking at 53.3% in the 45-54 age group before slightly declining in older groups. On the other hand, men’s participation rates showed a different pattern, starting high in the 15-24 age group but declining significantly to 39.5% in the 35-44 group, before gradually increasing again in older age groups, reaching 46.7% in the 65+ age group.
In summary, women consistently had higher levels of physical activity than men, except for the youngest age group, with the largest gap occurring in the 35-44 age group.
