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Table 3 Age-specific participation rates 2012: comparisons by sex

From: Population levels of sport participation: implications for sport policy

	Female			Male			Female v Male
Age range	Count^a	ERP^b	Rate^c	Count^a	ERP^b	Rate^c	Ratio^d	95 % CI
4	905	35,368	2.6	6,689	37,452	17.9	0.14	0.13	0.15
5–9	27,003	165,732	16.3	73,784	174,771	42.2	0.39	0.38	0.39
10–14	48,808	161,124	30.3	84,157	169,324	49.7	0.61	0.60	0.61
15–19	26,101	173,194	15.1	55,809	181,923	30.7	0.49	0.49	0.50
20–24	13,022	202,220	6.4	34,809	209,789	16.6	0.39	0.38	0.39
25–29	8,906	215,027	4.1	23,059	218,506	10.6	0.39	0.38	0.40
30–34	5,771	203,242	2.8	14,758	203,042	7.3	0.39	0.38	0.40
35–39	4,841	197,185	2.5	9,111	193,994	4.7	0.52	0.51	0.54
40–44	4,420	209,300	2.1	8,411	202,367	4.2	0.51	0.49	0.52
45–49	2,594	192,101	1.4	5,230	185,911	2.8	0.48	0.46	0.50
50–54	1,325	188,505	0.7	3,032	182,828	1.7	0.42	0.40	0.45
55–59	499	169,629	0.3	1,071	163,531	0.7	0.45	0.41	0.49
60–64	220	151,622	0.1	569	145,362	0.4	0.37	0.32	0.42
65–69	73	127,478	0.1	215	122,352	0.2	0.33	0.26	0.41
70–74	40	96,918	<0.1	104	91,613	0.1	0.36	0.26	0.51
75–79	16	78,717	<0.1	17	67,632	<0.1	0.81	0.44	1.48
80–84	4	65,559	<0.1	8	49,431	<0.1	0.38	0.11	1.28
85–100	13	71,354	<0.1	9	38,742	<0.1	0.78	0.37	1.68
All	144,561	2,843,674	5.1	320,842	2,785,448	11.5	0.44	0.44	0.44

^aMembership registrations in five sports
^bEstimated resident population
^cMembership registrations per 100 persons
^dRate ratio

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