The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar chart illustrates a comparison of proportions of the Australian population practising physical activities in ranges of ages and genders in Australia in 2010. From an

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perspective, it is evident that females are generally more active than males in all

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groups except 15 to 24.

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, the number of females playing sports showed an upward trend from 15 to 44-year-olds and a downward one from 45 to over,

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a reverse pattern could be observed in the data on men over the surveyed period. The percentage of 15 to 24 year-olds men who join activities was the highest, at 52.8%. The figure for female people was lower, at only 42.2%.

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range was

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the unique time period when males are the most sportive in general. In terms of gradually increasing

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groups, after reaching a peak of 53,3% at 45 to 54-year-olds, the proportion of women participants who participate in sports fell dramatically to just 47.1% after the

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of 65.

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, the men with the same period ranges saw a significant climb to 46.7%

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of their life, after a decline to somewhere in the vicinity of 39.5% at 35 to 44 year-olds.