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The bar chart shows data about exercise done by Australians in 2010. The information is categorized
by age and gender, and it is clear that women do more physical activity than men in each age group
except for the youngest.
In the youngest group, which shows data about people aged fifteen to twenty-four, the males are
recorded as doing more exercise than the females, with 58.2% compared to 47.7% saying that they
do regular physical activity. In the next age bracket, however, the percentage of men who exercise
drops significantly to 42.2%, while the number of women rises slightly. The same trend takes place
during the next age group as well, with the number of men exercising continuing to decline, and the
number for women rising.
From the age of thirty-five onwards, the number of women exercising stays fairly steady, while the
figures for men improve, until the final groups of men and women aged sixty-five and over. In this
category, both men and women do far less physical activity, and their figures are very close, at 46.7%
and 47.1% respectively.
