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

men

and

women

in various

age

groups

who engaged in regular physical

activity

in 2010. The chart reveals that among the younger

age

groups

15 to 24 and 25 to 34, a higher percentage of

men

engaged in regular physical

activity

compared to

women

. Specifically, in the 15 to 24

age

group

, 52.8% of

men

were active, compared to 47.7% of

women

.

Similarly

, in the 25 to 34

age

group

, 48.9% of

men

participated in regular physical

activity

,

whereas

only 42.2% of

women

did so. The trend of higher male participation continues in the 35 to 44 and 45 to 54

age

groups

. In the 35 to 44

age

group

, 52.5% of

men

were physically active compared to 39.5% of

women

. In the 45 to 54

age

group

, 53.3% of

men

engaged in regular physical

activity

,

while

the percentage for

women

was 43.1%.

However

, in the older

age

groups

55 to 64 and 65 and over, the gender gap decreases. For the 55 to 64

age

group

, 53% of

men

and 45.1% of

women

were active.

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65 and over category,

women

slightly outperformed

men

with 47.1% compared to 46.7%.

Overall

, the data show that

men

were generally more active than

women

in most

age

groups

in Australia in 2010, with the only exception being the 65 and over

group

, where

women

had higher rates of participation in regular physical

activity

.