Chart 1
Average daily minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity by age group – description

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This is a vertical bar graph that illustrates the average minutes per day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) accumulated by adults aged 20 to 79 years that fall within each of the age group categories, by sex. 

The Y axis represents the average minutes per day of MVPA accumulated by adults and increases by increments of 5 from 0 up to 40. 

On the X axis from left to right are the age group categories: total 20 to 79, 20 to 39, 40 to 59 and 60 to 79. These categories are further divided by sex.   

The results are the following:

• Total 20 to 79: men 27%*, women 21%
  
  
• 20 to 39†: men 33%*, women 24%
  
  
• 40 to 59: men 26%, women 21%
  
  
• 60 to 79: men 17%‡, women 12%‡

† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for women (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
Source: Canadian Health Measures Survey, 2007 to 2009