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 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 diagram illustrates the proportion of males and females from Australia across various
age
groups who consistently did a form of exercise in the year 2010.
Overall
it is immediately apparent that
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more females than males did some form of physical activity in all the various
age
groups with the exception of the youngest group where the opposite is true.
Also
, the least number of men that partook in fitness training were in the 35 to 44 group whilst their female counterparts were in the 65 years and over category.
To begin
with, more women engaged in exercising with increasing
age
beginning at 47.7% in the youngest group and reaching 53.3% among the 45-54 -
year-olds
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54-year-olds
, which is the highest recorded figure for individuals who took part in staying physically active.
However
, beyond
this
age
, their proportions began to drop reaching 47.1% in the elderly range. Turning to males,
although
in the 15 to 24 year category, their numbers
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the highest at 52.8%, there was a decline in these figures to 39.5%. Interestingly, more men engaged in physical training from 45 to 50 years recording 46.7% among the 65 years and over people.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Percentage
  • Australian men
  • Australian women
  • Age groups
  • Regular physical activity
  • Participated
  • Increased
  • Decreased
  • Proportion
  • Physically active
  • Gender difference
  • Engaged
  • Exercise
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