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

The graph shows the

percentage

of Australian

males

and females who did regular physical activities, spread across 6

age

groups

.

Overall

, the only

age

group

where

males

did more regular exercise when compared to females is between 15 and 24

years

old. For all the other

age

groups

, the

percentage

of a female who did exercise is always higher. Examining the men

first,

between the

age

of 15 to 24

males

do the most exercise, reaching up to 52.8% of the entire male population for that

age

.

However

, in the following

years

, the

percentage

of

males

doing regular exercises continuously dropped. More specifically, from 24 to 34

years

old, the

percentage

dropped to 42.2%, followed by a

further

drop to 39.5% for the 35 to 44

age

group

. From

this

point onwards, the

percentage

experienced small increases, but can never return to its peak at 52.8%.

This

is shown through the increase to 43.1%, 45.1% and 46.7% for the

age

groups

45-54, 55-64 and 65+ respectively. Moving on to women, the

percentage

of females engaging in physical activities has been increasing reliably as people

age

. It started out at 47.7% between the ages of 15 to 24, before overtaking the men in the following

age

group

at 48.9%, rising up to 52.5% for the 35 to 44

age

group

and peaking at 53% between 45 to 54

years

old. The two following

age

groups

saw a slight decrease down to 53 and 47.1% for 55-64 and 65+ respectively.