Table 1 Age-specific participation rates 2010–2012: comparisons by year
From: Population levels of sport participation: implications for sport policy
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 v 2010 | 2012 v 2011 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age range | Counta | ERPb | Ratec | Counta | ERPb | Ratec | Counta | ERPb | Ratec | Ratiod | 95 % CI | Ratiod | 95 % CI | ||
4 | 6,212 | 71,543 | 8.7 | 6,443 | 71,371 | 9.0 | 7,594 | 72,820 | 10.4 | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 1.16 | 1.13 | 1.18 |
5–9 | 95,765 | 328,103 | 29.2 | 99,510 | 332,729 | 29.9 | 100,787 | 340,503 | 29.6 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 1.00 |
10–14 | 120,039 | 335,650 | 35.8 | 128,644 | 330,056 | 39.0 | 132,965 | 330,448 | 40.2 | 1.09 | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.04 |
15–19 | 69,641 | 365,388 | 19.1 | 72,711 | 354,583 | 20.5 | 81,910 | 355,117 | 23.1 | 1.08 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.13 |
20–24 | 39,768 | 423,668 | 9.4 | 42,628 | 412,447 | 10.3 | 47,831 | 412,009 | 11.6 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.11 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.13 |
25–29 | 28,364 | 423,593 | 6.7 | 29,560 | 424,794 | 7.0 | 31,965 | 433,533 | 7.4 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.07 |
30–34 | 17,569 | 390,883 | 4.5 | 18,579 | 391,818 | 4.7 | 20,529 | 406,284 | 5.1 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 1.08 |
35–39 | 13,179 | 407,231 | 3.2 | 12,973 | 395,277 | 3.3 | 13,952 | 391,179 | 3.6 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.11 |
40–44 | 11,251 | 392,290 | 2.9 | 11,443 | 400,351 | 2.9 | 12,831 | 411,667 | 3.1 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.02 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.11 |
45–49 | 6,872 | 386,840 | 1.8 | 6,839 | 379,272 | 1.8 | 7,824 | 378,012 | 2.1 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 1.15 | 1.12 | 1.17 |
50–54 | 3,434 | 360,399 | 1.0 | 3,659 | 363,823 | 1.0 | 4,357 | 371,333 | 1.2 | 1.06 | 1.02 | 1.09 | 1.17 | 1.13 | 1.20 |
55–59 | 1,175 | 322,839 | 0.4 | 1,280 | 325,633 | 0.4 | 1,570 | 333,160 | 0.5 | 1.08 | 1.02 | 1.14 | 1.20 | 1.14 | 1.26 |
60–64 | 565 | 295,613 | 0.2 | 673 | 297,597 | 0.2 | 789 | 296,984 | 0.3 | 1.18 | 1.09 | 1.28 | 1.17 | 1.09 | 1.26 |
65–69 | 189 | 222,468 | 0.1 | 195 | 232,880 | 0.1 | 288 | 249,830 | 0.1 | 0.99 | 0.85 | 1.15 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 1.56 |
70–74 | 105 | 178,634 | 0.1 | 123 | 181,754 | 0.1 | 144 | 188,531 | 0.1 | 1.15 | 0.95 | 1.40 | 1.13 | 0.94 | 1.35 |
75–79 | 12 | 141,720 | <0.1 | 17 | 143,135 | <0.1 | 33 | 146,349 | <0.1 | 1.40 | 0.74 | 2.66 | 1.90 | 1.20 | 3.00 |
80–84 | 13 | 114,211 | <0.1 | 9 | 115,327 | <0.1 | 12 | 114,990 | <0.1 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 1.53 | 1.34 | 0.61 | 2.93 |
85–100 | 14 | 102,884 | <0.1 | 16 | 104,390 | <0.1 | 22 | 110,096 | <0.1 | 1.13 | 0.60 | 2.11 | 1.30 | 0.76 | 2.24 |
All | 414,167 | 5,545,932 | 7.5 | 435,302 | 5,537,817 | 7.9 | 465,403 | 5,629,122 | 8.3 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.05 |