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

The bar chart illustrates the percentage of Australian

females

and

males

in different

age

groups who did

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regular physical activity in 2010.

Overall

, it is apparent that

females

did more regular exercises than

males

in almost every

age

in 2010, except for the

age

between 15 to 20, the male outnumbering the female. To be specific, starting from

age

15 to 24, the figure for

males

reached 52.8%,

while

females

were about 5% lower than

males

. As the

age

grew older, the percentage of the female group gradually increase to roughly half of the

females

who went exercise regularly at the

age

of 45 to 54.

However

, the male figure experienced a significant drop and reached a notable low at 39.5% in the

age

35 to 44, and

then

slightly rose to 43.1%, which was approximately 10% lower than the female. After 54 years old, the female got less active in regular physical activity, and the number decreased to 47.1% at the

age

of 65 and over. In terms of the male, the figure grew slightly by 46.7%

at the end

of the period.

However

, it was still 1% lower than the female.