Ielts Academic Writing Test Bar Graph The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010

 

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

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.  

The given bar chart illustrates the participation of Australian men and women in regular physical regimes in different age groups, in 2010. 

 

Overall, age-wise patterns of both the genders were inversely proportional to each other, where lesser men undertook such activities as the age rose to a certain point, participation of women rose, but in 65 and over, both the genders had equal engagement. Similarly, the highest participation in males was in the youngest age group while among women it was at the peak in the oldest.

 

The highest participation among men was age group 15 to 24, 52.8%, but it plummeted  to 39.5% in 35 - 44 group though the fall was steeper upto 25-34, reaching 42.2%. After that the participation rose steadily to 46.7% in the oldest group. 

 

However, the participation among women peaked at 53.3% in the 45 - 54 age group after rising from 47.7%, the lowest, among the youngest group, it dropped to 47.1% in the oldest group.