Table 12
Physical activity and walking among senior women and men, by age group, Canada, 2009
Physical activity | Women | Men | Women | Men | ||||
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65 to 74 years | 75 to 84 years | 85 years and over† | 65 to 74 years | 75 to 84 years | 85 years and over† | Total 65 years and over |
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percentage | ||||||||
Active or moderately active | 43.8‡* | 30.6‡* | 19.4‡ | 53.3* | 46.9* | 32.5‡ | 37.2‡ | 50.0 |
Inactive | 56.2‡* | 69.4‡* | 80.7‡ | 46.7* | 53.1* | 67.5‡ | 62.8‡ | 50.0 |
Walking | 69.9 | 55.7‡ | 44.4 | 67.8* | 59.9 | 48.0 | 62.5 | 63.8 |
† refers to reference group ‡ statistically significant difference between women and men at p<0.05 * statistically significant difference in relation to reference age group at p<0.05 Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009. |
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