Band 6+: The table below illustrates UK participation in selected sports by gender between 2005/06 and 2008/09. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table provides information about UK competitions in each sport by men and women between June 2005 and September 2008.

Overall, from 6 sections the best percentage for men is cycling, swimming, and diving, while for women it is only swimming and diving. However, for other participations there was a small difference between jogging, cross country, and road running.

In swimming and diving, a large number in participation is women, whereas men have a slightly less percentage; during the time from 2006 to 2008, there was a fluctuation of participation. However, for women it was the same situation; the amount of women in swimming and diving slightly decreased. By 2005, in cycling, men have significant superiority over women; they have 12.7%, but in 2008 they will rise to 14.4%, while women have only 7.0%, and in the future this percent would gradually fall to 6.4%.

For jogging, cross-country, and road-running, a large number of athletes were males, even though over the time women have only 4.8% while men have 3% more.