The line graph presents data on how activities of elderly people change from 1980 to the present.
It can be clearly seen that the percentage of almost all preferred activities has increased by the end of the period. Also,while all other activities show unsteady move,hiking rose year by year and has become the most popular activity.
By 1980s people who love reading was 30%. From 1990s to 2000s it experienced a sharp decline,with around 20%,before recovering to roughly to 60% again in 2010s. Hiking started at just 20% in 1980s but experienced a continious rise,reaching about 80% by the most recent period,overtaking all other activities.
While playing sports was the most common activity in 1980s,it it displayed moderate growth increasing from about 60% to 70% by the 2000s. But at the end of the period it declined to around 62%. Surfing the internet was the least preferred one in the beginning at around 5% and showed steady growth until 2000s,following the sharp increase in 2010s by 40%. Finally,theatre attendence showed the opposite trend beginning at 50% in 1980 and declined until 1980s. From this period till to the present it showed gradual growth by reaching 45%.