The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010.

This

bar chart shows the proportion of

men

and

women

of various ages who often exercised in Australia in 2010.

Overall

, the data shows that both

men

and

women

tend to be more physically active than young adults, but

women

over 45 engage in more physical

activity

than younger

women

. In 2010, more than half of Australian

men

(53%) and

women

(47%) aged 15 to 24 participated in regular physical

activity

.

While

women

engaged in similar

activity

levels between the ages of 25 and 44,

men

's

activity

levels dropped dramatically beyond that age. Just 39.5% of

men

aged 35 to 44 participated in regular exercise,

whereas

a much higher percentage of

women

in the same age group (52.5%) regularly exercise.

On the other hand

,

women

accounted for almost 53 per cent of the group comprising adults aged 45 to 54.

Although

females aged 35 to 64 had a higher participation rate in sports training than teens, the disparities between teens and

the

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most senior adults were less than 1%.