Table
3: National prevalence
(95% confidence interval) of physical activity categories by age and sex [12].
Age group |
Highly active |
Sufficiently active |
Insufficiently active |
Inactive |
Overalla |
23.3
(22.3-24.3) |
24.2
(23.2-25.3) |
24.8
(23.7-25.9) |
27.7
(26.7-28.9) |
Men |
27.2
(25.6-28.8) |
24.0
(22.5-25.6) |
21.8
(20.3-23.5) |
27.0
(25.3-28.7) |
30-69 |
28.8
(27.1-30.6) |
24.1
(22.5-25.8) |
21.0
(19.4-22.7) |
26.1
(24.3-27.9) |
70-79 |
17.2
(13.5-21.7) |
25.7
(21.1-31.0) |
26.6
(21.3-32.6) |
30.5
(24.9-36.8) |
≥
80 |
7.8
(4.8-12.4) |
18.0
(12.6-25.2) |
31.9
(22.5-43.1) |
42.3
(33.2-52.0) |
Women |
19.9
(18.7-21.2) |
24.4
(23.1-25.8) |
27.3
(25.9-28.8) |
28.4
(27.0-30.0) |
30-69 |
21.8
(20.4-23.2) |
25.5
(24.0-27.1) |
27.0
(25.4-28.6) |
25.7
(24.2-27.3) |
70-79 |
11.6
(8.9-15.0) |
19.0
(15.7-22.8) |
31.5
(27.2-36.2) |
37.8
(33.3-42.5) |
≥
80 |
5.7
(3.6-8.8) |
18.1
(13.0-24.6) |
23.7
(18.7-29.6) |
52.5
(45.7-59.3) |
Inactive:
those who reported no moderate or vigorous activities; Insufficiently active
< 600 MET/minutes/week; sufficiently active ≥ 600 MET/minutes/week;
and highly active ≥ 1600 MET/minutes/week; a: In the
population older than 30-years-old