The following pie charts show the results of a survey into the most popular leisure activities in the United States of America in 1999 and 2009.

The pie charts illustrate the proportion of Americans participating in nine different leisure

activities

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in 1999 and 2009. The surveyed

activities

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include soccer, camping, swimming, aerobics, walking, jogging, biking, yoga, and weightlifting.

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, walking remained the most preferred leisure pursuit across both years, followed closely by soccer.

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, yoga disappeared from the chart by 2009, being replaced by weightlifting,

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as aerobics and jogging experienced noticeable declines over the decade. In terms of the most prevalent pastimes, walking dominated in both years, rising slightly from 29% in 1999 to 31% in 2009. Soccer held the second-largest share, remaining relatively steady and accounting for approximately one-fifth of the total in both years (around 17% to 18%). Regarding the remaining

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, yoga represented 5% of the total in 1999 but was no longer recorded in 2009;

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, weightlifting emerged in 2009, capturing a substantial share of participants. Meanwhile, participation in aerobics saw a dramatic drop from 13% in 1999 to just 4% in 2009.

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, the proportion of individuals engaging in jogging shrank by more than half, falling from 7% to 3% over the ten-year period.