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

The column chart illustrates the proportion of Australian

men

and

women

in 6 different

age

groups

who did exercise in 2010. It is clearly observed from the chart that, excluding the

age

group

of 15 to 24,

women

were more active than

men

in all other

age

groups

.

To begin

with, the figure for

men

with the

age

group

of 15 to 24 who did physical activity was 52.8% which was higher than that of

women

with the same

age

group

at 47.7% in 2010.

Moreover

, in the

age

group

of 25 to 34, the percentage of females was almost 50% which was higher than males with 42.2%.

In addition

, in the

age

group

of 35 to 44, the figure for

women

was 52.5% which was by far higher than that of

men

with 39.5% which accounts for the lowest proportion of

men

among all

age

groups

.

Subsequently

, the percentage of

women

in the

age

groups

of 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 was roughly the same at 53.3% and 53% respectively.

However

, 43.1% of

men

in the

age

group

of 45 to 54 did regular exercise which was lower than the figure for

men

in the

age

group

of 55 to 64 by 2%.

Nonetheless

, the proportion of older

men

and

women

in the

age

group

of 65 and over was slightly different by just 0.4%.