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Table 1 Prevalence (expressed as a percentage) of adults not complying with the World Health Organization’s aerobic physical activity recommendations in the European Union countries between 2013 and 2017

From: The active living gender’s gap challenge: 2013–2017 Eurobarometers physical inactivity data show constant higher prevalence in women with no progress towards global reduction goals

 

2013

2017

Z-score

p-value

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

 

European Union (n = 53,607)

38.1%

38.4–39.5%

41.7%

41.1–42.3%

8.43

<  0.001*

Country

 Austria (n = 2014)

36.1%

33.1–39.0%

43.6%

40.5–46.6%

3.44

<  0.001*

 Belgium (n = 2029)

46.4%

43.3–49.4%

44.5%

41.7–47.2%

0.86

0.39

 Bulgaria (n = 1992)

41.1%

38.0–44.2%

49.3%

46.2–52.4%

3.68

<  0.001*

 Croatia (n = 2007)

32.3%

29.4–35.2%

45.9%

42.9–49.0%

6.24

<  0.001*

 Cyprus (n = 969)

64.6%

60.3–68.9%

62.1%

57.8–66.5%

0.79

0.43

 Czechia (n = 2004)

37.3%

34.3–40.3%

42.7%

39.7–45.8%

2.48

0.01*

 Denmark (n = 1986)

30.5%

27.6–33.4%

31.4%

28.5–34.3%

0.44

0.66

 Estonia (n = 1967)

31.4%

28.5–34.3%

29.7%

26.8–32.6%

−0.83

0.41

 Finland (n = 1955)

29.1%

26.2–32.0%

29.9%

27.1–32.7%

0.39

0.69

 France (n = 1992)

42.6%

39.5–45.6%

45.0%

41.9–48.1%

1.10

0.27

 Germany (n = 2792)

19.4%

17.2–21.6%

25.9%

23.7–28.1%

4.05

<  0.001*

 Greece (n = 1952)

48.1%

45.0–51.2%

50.6%

47.4–53.7%

1.09

0.28

  Hungary (n = 2026)

42.6%

39.6–45.7%

42.2%

39.2–45.2%

−0.21

0.84

 Ireland (n = 1959)

37.9%

34.9–41.0%

42.2%

39.1–45.3%

1.95

0.051

 Italy (n = 2011)

58.5%

55.4–61.6%

62.4%

59.4–65.4%

1.79

0.07

 Latvia (n = 1948)

25.7%

22.9–28.4%

28.6%

25.7–31.4%

1.44

0.15

 Lithuania (n = 1967)

33.9%

31.0–36.9%

44.5%

41.4–47.5%

4.77

<  0.001*

 Luxembourg (n = 970)

33.9%

29.7–38.1%

29.1%

25.0–33.2%

−1.62

0.10

 Malta (n = 988)

62.0%

57.7–66.3%

70.9%

66.9–74.9%

2.94

<  0.001*

 Netherlands (n = 2004)

23.9%

21.2–26.5%

24.3%

21.6–26.9%

0.21

0.83

 Poland (n = 1905)

55.3%

52.2–58.5%

53.2%

50.1–56.4%

−0.92

0.35

 Portugal (n = 2086)

59.3%

56.2–62.3%

68.2%

65.4–71.1%

4.27

<  0.001*

 Romania (n = 1941)

34.3%

31.3–37.3%

50.4%

47.2–53.5%

7.15

<  0.001*

 Slovakia (n = 2038)

37.6%

34.5–40.6%

45.6%

42.6–48.6%

3.68

<  0.001*

 Slovenia (n = 2112)

39.4%

36.5–42.3%

37.2%

34.2–40.2%

−1.04

0.30

 Spain (n = 1989)

28.4%

25.6–31.3%

34.0%

31.0–36.9%

2.66

0.01*

 Sweden (n = 2024)

22.0%

19.4–24.6%

23.0%

20.5–25.6%

0.56

0.57

 United Kingdom (n = 1980)

40.6%

37.5–43.7%

37.1%

34.1–40.0%

−1.60

0.11

  1. CI Confidence intervals
  2. *Significant increases in physical inactivity prevalence (p ≤ 0.05)