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Table 4 Age-specific participation rates 2012: comparisons by region

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

	Non-metropolitan			Metropolitan			Non-metro v Metro
Age range	Count^a	ERP^b	Rate^c	Count^a	ERP^b	Rate^c	Ratio^d	95 % CI
4	1,980	18,126	10.9	5,614	54,666	10.3	1.06	1.02	1.11
5–9	32,597	86,316	37.8	68,190	254,187	26.8	1.41	1.39	1.42
10–14	48,818	89,011	54.8	84,147	241,437	34.9	1.57	1.56	1.59
15–19	33,404	93,232	35.8	48,506	261,885	18.5	1.93	1.91	1.96
20–24	18,738	80,650	23.2	29,093	331,359	8.8	2.65	2.61	2.68
25–29	11,918	76,624	15.6	20,047	356,909	5.6	2.77	2.72	2.82
30–34	8,039	74,223	10.8	12,490	332,061	3.8	2.88	2.82	2.94
35–39	5,532	81,096	6.8	8,420	310,083	2.7	2.51	2.45	2.58
40–44	4,572	92,550	4.9	8,259	319,117	2.6	1.91	1.85	1.97
45–49	2,494	92,505	2.7	5,330	285,507	1.9	1.44	1.39	1.50
50–54	1,187	98,713	1.2	3,170	272,620	1.2	1.03	0.98	1.10
55–59	448	94,519	0.5	1,122	238,641	0.5	1.01	0.92	1.11
60–64	219	88,594	0.2	570	208,390	0.3	0.90	0.79	1.04
65–69	78	76,448	0.1	210	173,382	0.1	0.84	0.67	1.06
70–74	28	58,301	<0.1	116	130,230	0.1	0.54	0.37	0.79
75–79	9	44,610	<0.1	24	101,739	<0.1	0.86	0.41	1.78
80–84	5	34,830	<0.1	7	80,160	<0.1	1.64	0.52	5.23
85–100	0	32,781	0.0	22	77,315	<0.1	0.00
All	170,066	1,380,778	12.3	295,337	4,248,344	7.0	1.77	1.76	1.78

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

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