The bar charts illustrate the proportion of men and women of various age categories in Australia who participated in physical activity on a daily basis in the year 2010. In general, after mid-twenties, the percentage of male participants declined while the percentage of female participants increased moderately.
For category 15 to 24, Men’s portion consists 52.8% which was the highest proportion of male participants. It decreased drastically in the next two age group, 25 to 34 and 35 to 44 with 42.2% and 39.5% respectively. In case of women, in category 15 to 24, the percentage was 47.7% which increased in category 25 to 34 and had reached 48.9% and impressively jumped to 52.5% in 35 to 44 age group.
However, the percentage for men showed a slight increment in the rest of the age groups. And the percentages were 43.1%, 45.1% and 46.7% respectively. Whilst the percentage for women remained past the half for 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 age categories. But eventually dropped to 47.1% in the age section of 65 and over.