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