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Table 1 Mean steps/day and participation in organized physical activity or sport among participants, August 2007-July 2011

From: The impact of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on population level physical activity and sport participation among Canadian children and adolescents: population based study

 

Canada

 

British Columbia

 
 

n

Mean steps/day (95% CI)

n

Mean steps/day (95% CI)

Pedometer counts

    

Total

19682

11241 (11147, 11334)

1375

11880 (11621, 12139)

Boys

9923

11865 (117336, 11994)

680

12501 (12150, 12851)

Girls

9759

10601 (10492, 10712)

695

11265 (10968, 11562)

5-9 years

7386

12038 (11910, 12166)

539

12716 (12397, 13036)

10-14 years

7860

11405 (11277, 11533)

547

11970 (11616, 12324)

15-19 years

4434

9876 (9698, 10056)

289

10361 (9797, 10926)

Boys, 5-10

3712

12651 (12474, 12827)

288

13280 (12859, 13700)

Boys,11-14

4004

12069 (11884, 12255)

251

12696 (12151, 13241)

Boys, 15-19

2205

10432 (10177, 10687)

141

10729 (9951, 11506)

Girls, 5-10

3674

11415 (11250, 11579)

251

12039 (11615, 12464)

Girls,11-14

3212

10908 (10742, 11074)

238

11502 (11062, 11982)

Girls, 15-19

2873

9464 (9277, 9650)

206

10253 (9726, 10780)

Participation in organized physical activity or sport

    

Total

23314

75.7 (74.8, 76.6)

1655

77.2 (74.5, 79.7)

Boys

11799

76.9 (75.8, 78.1)

812

79.1 (75.5, 82.2)

Girls

11515

74.4 (73.1, 75.7)

843

75.4 (71.9, 78.6)

5-9 years

8279

84.6 (83.3, 85.7)

602

86.0 (82.5, 88.9)

10-14 years

9090

80.7 (79.5, 81.9)

642

82.2 (78.7, 85.3)

15-19 years

5943

58.9 (57.0, 60.7)

411

59.4 (53.9, 64.6)

Boys, 5-9 years

4204

84.4 (83.0, 86.1)

323

85.3 (80.2, 89.2)

Boys,10-14 years

4638

81.5 (79.9, 83.1)

299

84.7 (79.7, 88.6)

Boys, 15-19 years

2955

61.8 (59.4, 64.3)

190

62.1 (54.2, 69.4)

Girls, 5-9 years

4075

84.5 (82.8, 86.1)

279

86.9 (81.9, 90.6)

Girls,10-14 years

3621

82.1 (80.3, 83.8)

273

82.2 (77.0, 86.4)

Girls, 15-19 years

3819

59.5 (57.2, 61.8)

291

61.4 (55.1, 67.4)