The table show the results of surveys in a European country, carried out in three different years. Percentage of respondents expressing interest in certain sports

The table show the results of surveys in a European country, carried out in three different years. Percentage of respondents expressing interest in certain sports
The table compares the percentage of people interested in different sports in Europe in three years, namely 1999, 2004 and 2009
Overall
, it can be seen that soccer is clearly favoured over any other role. Meanwhile, there were no significant changes among the five roles. In 1995, 42% of people were interested in football, more than 22% and 30% compared to cycling and tennis orderly. At the same time, the percentage of people interested in swimming stood at 10%,
while
the figures for golf and rugby were lower, at the same percentage (8%). Between 1995 and 2005 , the UK saw a significant fall of 2$ in the proportion of respondents interested in football and it continued to decline by 2%
at the end
of the period.
Similarly
, snooker had a similar trend, with the figure decreasing to 28%;
however
,
this
figure rose to 30% in 2005.
On the other hand
, those of golf and rugby increased to 13% and 17% respectively from 1995 to 2005.
Finally
, the figures for tennis and swimming remained almost unchanged in the same period.
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