The chart below shows the proportion of males and females in Malaysia who commonly do physical activity in 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where necessary.

The chart compares the percentage of Malaysian

men

and

women

in six

age

groups who did

physical

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exercise on regular basis in the year 2010. (25) In the youngest

age

group (15 to 24), almost 52% of Malaysian

men

but only around 47% of

women

involved themselves in regular physical activity in 2010.

However

, between the ages of 25 and 44,

men

were much less active on average than

women

. In comparison, in the 35 to 44

age

group, only 39.5% of males did some form of regular exercise, compared to 52% of females. Between the ages of 45 and 64, the figure for male physical activity rose significantly to around 45%,

while

the proportion of active females still remained 8% higher, at 53%.

Finally

, the ratio of both genders with

age

65 and over was almost identical, at approximately 47%. (115) The proportion of Malaysian males and females doing regular physical exercise fluctuated depending on their ages, but

women

dominated over

men

for all the

age

groups except (15 to 24). (30)