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Table 1
Average daily minutes of accelerometer-measured physical activity by age and sex, household population aged 18 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2014 and 2015

Table 1
Average daily minutes of accelerometer-measured physical activity by age and sex, household population aged 18 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2014 and 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average daily minutes of accelerometer-measured physical activity by age and sex Sample size, Moderate-to-vigorous physical activityALL, Moderate-to-vigorous physical activityBOUTS, Vigorous physical activity , Light physical activity, Mean and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
		Mean	95% confidence interval		Mean	95% confidence interval		Mean	95% confidence interval		Mean	95% confidence interval
	Sample size	Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity^ALL			Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity^BOUTS			Vigorous physical activity			Light physical activity
		Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to	Mean	from	to
18 to 79 years	2372	22.5	19.8	25.1	10.5	8.7	12.4	3.0	2.4	3.5	200.1	190.7	209.5
Males^{Table 1 Note †}	1174	25.3	21.0	29.6	11.7	9.0	14.4	3.7	2.7	4.7	201.5	190.3	212.7
Females	1198	19.8^Note *	16.9	22.8	9.4	7.3	11.5	2.3^Note *	1.8	2.8	198.7	188.7	208.7
18 to 39 years^{Table 1 Note ‡}	832	26.6	22.6	30.5	11.6	8.4	14.9	3.7	2.5	4.8	203.6	188.8	218.4
Males	406	29.3	24.2	34.3	12.7	8.3	17.0	4.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.3	6.5	199.7	184.4	214.9
Females	426	24.0	18.7	29.3	10.7	7.1	14.2	2.9	1.9	4.0	207.3	184.4	230.1
40 to 59 years	810	22.8	19.3	26.2	10.8	8.6	13.1	3.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.0	4.4	212.0	205.2	218.8
Males	400	26.3	19.8	32.8	12.4	8.8	15.9	4.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.0	6.2	216.0	202.2	229.9
Females	410	19.3	15.0	23.6	9.3	6.2	12.4	2.3	1.5	3.0	208.0	196.1	219.9
60 to 79 years	730	15.5^Note *	13.0	18.0	8.3^Note *	6.5	10.1	1.5^Note *	1.0	2.1	175.7^Note *	164.1	187.3
Males	368	17.1	13.9	20.3	9.0	6.5	11.6	1.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.9	2.8	181.0	162.4	199.6
Females	362	14.0	10.6	17.3	7.6	5.9	9.3	1.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.7	1.8	170.8	154.2	187.4
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference sex group Return to note † referrer Note ‡ reference age group Return to note ‡ referrer ALL = all minutes of MVPA included BOUTS = only minutes of MVPA accumulated in 10-minute bouts included Note: Means and 95% confidence intervals are based on weighted estimates. Source: Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 4 (2014 and 2015).

Date modified:: 2018-12-19