The bar chart illustrates the percentages of New Zealander men and women who engaged in regular physical activity across different age groups in 2010.
Overall, women tended to be more physically active than men in most age groups, except for the youngest group. Men had a higher participation rate in the 14 to 23 age bracket (51.7%) compared to women (46.9%). However, in all other age groups, women were more active. For instance, the percentage of women aged 34 to 43 and 44 to 53 who exercised regularly was significantly higher (52.5% and 54.2%, respectively) than that of men in the same groups (38.8% and 42.9%).
As age increased, the rate of physical activity among men generally decreased until the 34 to 43 group, after which it gradually rose in older groups. For women, activity rates remained relatively steady from 24 to 63, peaking at 54.2% in the 44 to 53 age group, and only slightly declined in the older age groups.
In summary, while young men were the most active, women’s participation overtook men from age 24 onwards and remained consistently higher in the older age categories.