The table figures out the number of participants engaged in 5 sports during the period of 8 years,starting from 2001 and ending at 2009,in Australia
Overall,there was a contrary in the five categories.While the number of people running,aerobics and tennis witness an upward trend,the oppositeness occurred in the count for cycling and swimming.
Initially,there was a upward trend in term of running,aerobics and tennis.In detail,running rose gradually after years,starting at just 1,4 million people in 2004 and ending at 2,2 million people in 2009.Therefore,the percentage of changes reached its peak at 156%,became the largest figures among 5 given categories.Aerobics and tennis enjoyers rates witnessed an equal increase,rising 0.1 million people each four years,ending at 1.7 and 1.2 million people,respectively.The proportion of changes in aerobics and tennis attenders were 11% for the former and 15% for the latter.
Turning to the remain exercises,cycling and swimming are the predominant sports,standing out at 4,5 and 3,7 million people in 2001.By the time,Australian go cycling number fell dramatically to 3,1 million in 2005,but then it increased to 3,6 at the end of the period.Swimmers rates waxed and waned in the period,at 3,8 million people in 2005 but then fell to 3.3 million people in 2009.The proportion of changes in these two sports are negativity,-20% for cycling and –10% for swimming.
