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 bar chart illustrates the
proportion
of male and female
Australian
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with regular exercise in 2010.
Overall
, there was a gradual reduction in
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physical activity in men as they aged from 15 to 44
years
old
then
steadily increased as they
age
. For
women
, there was a stable increase in
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physical activity from 15 to 54
years
old,
then
suffered a small drop in
proportion
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the proportion
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of
population
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the population
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over 55
years
old. Generally,
women
do more exercise than men except the
age
of 15-24. For men, the percentage of regular exercisers decline drastically from over
half
of the
population
in 15-24
age
to the lowest of 40% in the working
population
of 35-44
years
old.
However
, the
proportion
rose steadily to almost
half
of the
population
in the
age
group of 65 or above. For
women
, the
proportion
of regularly exercised
women
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from approximately
half
of the
population
of teens to over
half
of the
population
in the
age
group of 35 to 64
years
old. It
then
dropped to
lowest
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the lowest
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proportion
of below
half
of the
population
in the elderly
population
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words proportion, years, age, women, population, half with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
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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