The table gives data on the proportions of people doing seven various sports, namely tennis, swimming, football, golf, volleyball, basketball, yoga, in one particular Western country between 1999 and 2009.
Overall, football and basketball recorded a gradual downward trajectory, with football staying as the most preferable sport activity among the all sports listed throughout the period while the reverse was true for tennis and swimming, which represented similar trends. Another particular note is that despite a steady growth, golf, yoga and volleyball remained at the bottom of the chart.
A striking trend is a steady decline in football and basketball, with the former still ranking to the first place in the chart. Starting at 57% in 1999, football dropped to 52% in 2004, reaching its low of 48% in 2009 compared to basketball, which changed marginally by a mere 3%, decreasing from 26% to 24% over the period. In comparison, tennis and swimming exhibited comparable growth patterns, varying only for 1% in 2009. Tennis, which stood at 25% in 1999, rose to 30% in 2004 and further went up to a peak of 33% in 2009 whereas swimming climbed from 32% to 34% in 2004, and maintained the same level until the end.
On the other hand, even though an upward trend was seen in the remaining sports, golf, yoga and volleyball maintained relatively lower figures across the timeframe. Golf totaled 8% in 1999 and by 2004, it had picked up by 5% to 13% in 2004, followed a growth to 17% in the end as opposed to yoga, which initially did not change, levelling off at 10% between 1999 and 2004 before reaching 13% in 2009. Volleyball, by contrast, which stood at 17% in the initial year, increased to 20% in 2004, but had slipped down to 18% in 2009.