Percentage of Australian men and women doing regular physical activity 2010
The bar chart illustrates the propertions of Ausklion men and women who engaged in regular physical activity in 2010 access six different age group.
Dverall women tuere more physically active than men in most age categories, except for the yongest group aged 15 to 24, where male participation was higher. In gereal men’s activity levels declined with age before rising slightly among older people, while women showed more consistent upward trend until middle age.
In detail. 52.8%% of male aged 15-24 execcised reg-Uleroly, comperred with 47.7% of females. However, this pattern reversed in the 25-34 age group, where 48.8% of women were active, exceeding the figure for men at 42.2%. A similar gap was seen among those aged 35-44, with female participation at 52.5% while only 39.5% of men exercised regularly..
ferrale activity peaked at 53.3% in the us-54 age gotup and remained bigh at 53% among those aged 55-64. By contrast male figures were lower in these groups, at 43.1% and 45.1% respectively. res In the Oldest group, participation rates for both genders were almost equal, at around 47%.