The bar chart illustrates males and females in various age groups who lacked physical activity in 2005. Units are measured in percentages.
Overall, women stood out with consistently higher percentages of no exercise than their male counterparts throughout all age categories. Notably, the oldest age group, particularly those aged 55+ exhibited markedly higher rates of sedentary lifestyles for both males and females, while people between the ages of 18 and 24 were the least age category who did not engage in exercises.
The percentage of women in the 55+-age set was the dominant inactive age bracket, amounting to 45%, whereas their male counterparts in this age accounted for 37%. The figure for the 35-44 and 45-54 age categories was the second-largest group who did no exercise, females those ages showed 32%% and 37%, respectively, while males exhibited relatively smaller figures than females, with corresponding figures of 28% and 33%.
The proportion of females and males aged 25-34 made up 28% and 23% respectively, while those in the 18-24 age range were the lowest in terms of being active, with women at 18% and men at 13%.