The given diagram illustrates the proportion of European residents in different age ranges regularly working out at the gym between the years 1990 and 2010.
Overall, the figures for all four age groups experienced upward trends. It is also clear that the percentage of gym goers from 44 to 53 years old was higher than that of any other age groups throughout the given period. By contrast, people between the ages of 18 and 23 years old had a tendency to go to the gym less than those who were 24 and over.
At the first glance, in 1990, nearly 16% of people aged 44 to 53 went to the gym, which was the highest, while those who were between 34 and 43 years old accounted for just only 1% less than that number, at approximately 15%. From 1990 to 2010, the figure for the 44 to 53 age group remained consistently higher than people who were 43 and under when reached a peak at about 25%. Meanwhile, individuals belonging to the 34-43 age group fluctuated between 15% and 18%.
Conversely, the gym attendance rate for the 24 to 33 group going to the gym was about 7%, just 2% higher than the 18-23 age group, which recorded exactly 5%. From 1990 onwards, the figures for these two groups grew gradually to 10% and 6%, respectively.