bar chart about regular exercise in australia
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The bar chart displays the percentages of males and females in Australia in different age brackets who exercised regularly in 2010.
Overall, while women’s participation was highest in the 45-54 age bracket, that of men peaked among 15- to 24-year-olds. In addition, a higher percentage of women than men exercised regularly in every age group except the youngest.
47. 7 percent of women in the lowest age bracket took regular exercise. Their participation then went up steadily with increasing age, reaching its peak in the 45-54 age group, at 53. 3 percent. Above that, it started to drop, with only 47. 1 percent of those in the highest age group exercising regularly.
Male participation was higher in the lowest age group, at 52. 8 percent, than in any other. This was also the only group in which there was a higher percentage of males than females taking regular exercise. Men’s participation rate then fell to its lowest level among 35- to 44-year-olds, at 39. 5 percent, before climbing to 46. 7 percent among the over-65s. This rate was very close to that of females in the same age bracket. 
The bar chart displays the percentages of males and females in Australia in  
different
  age
 brackets who exercised  
regularly
 in 2010. 
Overall
, while women’s  
participation
 was highest in the 45-54  
age
 bracket, that of  
men
 peaked among 15- to 24-year-olds.  
In addition
, a higher percentage of women than  
men
 exercised  
regularly
 in every  
age
  group
 except the youngest.
47. 7  
percent
 of women in the lowest  
age
 bracket took regular exercise. Their  
participation
 then went up  
steadily
 with increasing  
age
, reaching its peak in the 45-54  
age
  group
, at 53. 3  
percent
. Above that, it  
started
 to drop, with  
only
 47. 1  
percent
 of those in the highest  
age
  group
 exercising  
regularly
.
Male  
participation
 was higher in the lowest  
age
  group
, at 52. 8  
percent
,  
than
 in any other. This was  
also
 the  
only
  group
 in which there was a higher percentage of males than females taking regular exercise.  
Men
’s  
participation
 rate then fell to its lowest level among 35- to 44-year-olds, at 39. 5  
percent
,  
before
 climbing to 46. 7  
percent
 among the over-65s. This rate was  
very
 close to that of females in the same  
age
 bracket.