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Table 1 Prevalence of physical inactivity by gender, NHS 2001

From: Are Australian immigrants at a risk of being physically inactive?

 

Male

Female

 

Region of origin

Number

Inactive %

95% CI

Number

Inactive %

95% CI

P-value*

Australia

6460

61.67

0.60, 0.62

7759

72.37

0.71, 0.73

0.00

New Zealand

203

58.13

0.51, 0.64

215

65.58

0.58, 0.71

0.10

Other Oceania

43

69.77

0.56, 0.83

59

86.44

0.77, 0.95

0.04

UK & Ireland

740

60.95

0.57, 0.64

806

69.11

0.65, 0.72

0.00

Other North Western Europe

205

65.37

0.58, 0.71

196

64.80

0.58, 0.71

0.90

Southern & Eastern Europe

460

71.74

0.67, 0.75

503

78.73

0.75, 0.82

0.01

North Africa

37

64.86

0.49, 0.80

20

75.00

0.56, 0.93

0.43

Middle East

82

63.41

0.52, 0.73

65

86.15

0.77, 0.94

0.00

Other Africa

85

52.94

0.42, 0.63

86

60.47

0.50, 0.70

0.32

Americas

194

75.77

0.69, 0.81

304

83.55

0.79, 0.87

0.03

South East Asia

98

72.45

0.63, 0.81

96

76.04

0.67, 0.84

0.56

Other Asia

90

66.67

0.56, 0.76

110

75.45

0.67, 0.83

0.17

Others

119

72.27

0.64, 0.80

140

79.29

0.72, 0.86

0.18

  1. *P-values for differences between males and females in each population subgroups.