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Exercise frequency, 1996-97

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Exercise¹ frequency, 1996-97
	Total^²	Three or more times weekly	Once or twice weekly	Less than once weekly or never
	Thousands of people
15 years and over	23,444	13,386	4,345	5,058
15-19 years	2,111	1,464	353	238
20-24 years	1,873	1,173	344	310
25-34 years	4,472	2,603	951	845
35-44 years	5,238	2,939	1,103	1,100
45-54 years	3,771	2,054	737	877
55-64 years	2,565	1,459	443	598
65 years and over	3,416	1,694	413	1,090
Men	11,519	6,450	2,235	2,414
15-19 years	1,086	793	164	96
20-24 years	948	586	162	163
25-34 years	2,209	1,222	494	451
35-44 years	2,645	1,406	626	550
45-54 years	1,922	976	400	468
55-64 years	1,231	688	211	291
65 years and over	1,479	780	178	395
Women	11,925	6,935	2,110	2,645
15-19 years	1,025	672	189	143
20-24 years	924	587	182	148
25-34 years	2,263	1,381	458	394
35-44 years	2,593	1,533	476	549
45-54 years	1,849	1,078	337	409
55-64 years	1,334	770	232	307
65 years and over	1,973	914	235	694
	%
15 years and over	100.0	57.1	18.5	21.6
15-19 years	100.0	69.4	16.7	11.3
20-24 years	100.0	62.6	18.4	16.6
25-34 years	100.0	58.2	21.3	18.9
35-44 years	100.0	56.1	21.1	21.0
45-54 years	100.0	54.5	19.6	23.3
55-64 years	100.0	56.9	17.3	23.3
65 years and over	100.0	49.6	12.1	31.9
Men	100.0	56.0	19.4	21.0
15-19 years	100.0	73.0	15.1	8.8
20-24 years	100.0	61.8	17.1	17.1
25-34 years	100.0	55.3	22.4	20.4
35-44 years	100.0	53.2	23.7	20.8
45-54 years	100.0	50.8	20.8	24.3
55-64 years	100.0	55.9	17.1	23.6
65 years and over	100.0	52.7	12.0	26.7
Women	100.0	58.2	17.7	22.2
15-19 years	100.0	65.5	18.5	13.9
20-24 years	100.0	63.5	19.7	16.0
25-34 years	100.0	61.0	20.2	17.4
35-44 years	100.0	59.1	18.4	21.2
45-54 years	100.0	58.3	18.2	22.1
55-64 years	100.0	57.8	17.4	23.0
65 years and over	100.0	47.2	12.2	35.8
1. Exercise includes vigorous activities such as calisthenics, jogging or racquet sports, team sports, dance classes or brisk walking for a period of at least 15 minutes. 2. Components may not add to total as frequency was not stated for some respondents. Source: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey.

Excerpts from Canada Year Book 1999: The People > Health