Chronic physical conditions, multimorbidity and physical activity across 46 low- and middle-income countries

Vancampfort, Davy; Koyanagi, Ai; Ward, Philip B.; Rosenbaum, Simon; Schuch, Felipe B.; Mugisha, James; Richards, Justin; Firth, Joseph; Stubbs, Brendon

doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0463-5

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 1 Prevalence of low physical activity by country and age groups

From: Chronic physical conditions, multimorbidity and physical activity across 46 low- and middle-income countries

Country	N	Overall		Age 18–34 years		Age 35–49 years		Age 50–64 years		Age ≥65 years
Bangladesh	5552	22.3	[20.0,24.7]	18.9	[16.2,21.9]	16.6	[13.9,19.8]	31.5	[27.7,35.6]	61.3	[54.3,67.9]
Bosnia Herzegovina	1028	25.7	[22.0,29.9]	17.2	[12.2,23.7]	13.2	[8.3,20.4]	38.1	[27.6,49.9]	58.9	[48.2,68.8]
Brazil	5000	33.6	[31.5,35.7]	28.4	[25.9,31.1]	30.2	[27.3,33.4]	39.5	[35.4,43.7]	61.2	[56.7,65.6]
Burkina Faso	4824	14.4	[12.6,16.4]	9.2	[7.6,11.2]	12.1	[9.5,15.2]	25.8	[21.0,31.4]	56.4	[48.5,64.1]
Chad	4644	39.0	[31.6,46.9]	35.5	[28.3,43.6]	40.8	[32.3,49.8]	45.1	[36.2,54.2]	51.5	[40.7,62.2]
China	3993	39.3	[31.6,47.6]	36.9	[26.7,48.5]	30.8	[23.0,39.9]	37.2	[30.3,44.7]	69.4	[60.9,76.7]
Comoros	1759	9.6	[7.5,12.2]	6.4	[4.3,9.5]	4.5	[2.4,8.4]	10.5	[7.1,15.4]	28.2	[20.9,36.7]
Croatia	990	26.4	[23.3,29.7]	17.0	[11.7,24.1]	17.5	[12.7,23.5]	28.8	[22.8,35.7]	45.0	[37.6,52.5]
Czech Republic	935	35.6	[30.6,41.0]	23.3	[18.1,29.5]	29.7	[20.8,40.3]	35.9	[27.0,45.8]	66.8	[55.4,76.5]
Dominican Republic	4534	58.9	[56.1,61.6]	55.8	[51.8,59.7]	58.3	[53.9,62.7]	59.6	[53.9,65.0]	78.6	[72.4,83.7]
Ecuador	4654	39.2	[33.5,45.2]	38.0	[31.3,45.1]	37.9	[30.8,45.6]	37.0	[27.2,48.0]	60.9	[46.5,73.6]
Estonia	1011	20.0	[16.7,23.7]	13.2	[9.7,17.7]	16.9	[12.6,22.2]	17.7	[13.2,23.2]	36.9	[29.0,45.5]
Ethiopia	4937	5.4	[4.2,7.0]	4.5	[3.1,6.4]	3.7	[2.6,5.4]	7.0	[4.5,10.6]	24.7	[15.4,37.2]
Georgia	2755	32.1	[26.5,38.2]	29.5	[22.7,37.3]	28.1	[21.4,35.9]	24.6	[19.5,30.5]	51.3	[44.3,58.2]
Ghana	3935	29.5	[27.2,32.0]	27.7	[24.5,31.2]	26.9	[23.7,30.3]	31.6	[27.1,36.5]	51.8	[45.5,58.1]
Hungary	1419	18.6	[15.9,21.6]	14.6	[11.1,19.0]	14.3	[10.2,19.7]	14.6	[10.8,19.4]	35.8	[29.2,42.9]
India	9988	18.9	[15.5,22.9]	14.6	[10.9,19.3]	15.7	[13.0,18.7]	22.3	[18.0,27.4]	45.6	[36.2,55.4]
Ivory Coast	3184	36.4	[32.7,40.2]	36.6	[32.3,41.0]	30.8	[25.8,36.3]	37.4	[30.6,44.8]	61.0	[49.8,71.2]
Kazakhstan	4496	38.6	[31.0,46.8]	33.8	[27.6,40.7]	32.7	[25.6,40.8]	46.0	[35.2,57.2]	64.0	[48.9,76.8]
Kenya	4412	12.4	[9.8,15.5]	11.4	[8.5,15.1]	13.1	[9.5,17.8]	12.7	[7.9,19.9]	22.4	[15.7,30.9]
Laos	4888	26.3	[24.3,28.4]	21.6	[19.1,24.2]	22.3	[19.9,24.9]	34.8	[31.0,38.9]	62.3	[55.6,68.6]
Malawi	5289	16.5	[14.8,18.4]	16.2	[14.1,18.5]	14.2	[12.4,16.2]	15.8	[11.4,21.4]	27.9	[20.9,36.1]
Malaysia	6040	31.8	[30.1,33.5]	29.7	[27.4,32.2]	26.1	[23.6,28.8]	37.7	[34.2,41.4]	56.6	[51.1,61.9]
Mali	3856	18.4	[15.6,21.5]	14.8	[11.5,18.9]	16.8	[12.7,21.9]	23.3	[17.1,30.9]	56.3	[44.0,67.9]
Mauritania	3795	81.8	[78.2,85.0]	79.7	[75.0,83.7]	79.6	[74.8,83.7]	88.5	[84.4,91.7]	93.7	[88.0,96.8]
Mauritius	3888	29.5	[26.0,33.3]	25.5	[21.4,29.9]	23.1	[19.2,27.4]	35.2	[30.1,40.7]	60.7	[53.6,67.4]
Mexico	38,745	31.5	[30.1,32.9]	28.8	[27.3,30.4]	29.1	[27.4,30.9]	34.5	[32.5,36.6]	49.9	[47.4,52.3]
Myanmar	5886	24.1	[20.7,27.8]	19.5	[16.1,23.5]	19.3	[15.8,23.3]	29.9	[25.2,35.0]	58.4	[52.3,64.2]
Namibia	4246	48.7	[46.3,51.0]	43.3	[40.2,46.5]	50.6	[46.3,54.8]	56.5	[50.7,62.2]	63.8	[56.8,70.3]
Nepal	8686	14.7	[13.7,15.8]	11.6	[10.3,13.1]	11.7	[10.3,13.3]	17.6	[15.2,20.3]	45.5	[41.4,49.6]
Pakistan	6377	51.1	[48.9,53.3]	46.0	[43.3,48.8]	48.4	[44.7,52.1]	60.3	[55.7,64.7]	78.9	[72.2,84.3]
Paraguay	5142	25.6	[23.9,27.3]	25.5	[23.3,27.8]	21.1	[18.7,23.7]	25.7	[22.3,29.4]	46.2	[40.6,52.0]
Philippines	10,076	11.9	[10.7,13.3]	11.0	[9.5,12.6]	8.5	[7.2,10.0]	13.6	[11.4,16.1]	30.9	[26.5,35.8]
Republic of Congo	2492	43.7	[34.2,53.8]	39.7	[29.8,50.5]	47.7	[37.8,57.8]	48.2	[24.8,72.4]	66.5	[47.9,81.0]
Russia	4421	30.6	[27.3,34.1]	22.3	[15.7,30.6]	20.3	[15.6,26.1]	32.9	[26.0,40.6]	45.1	[40.1,50.3]
Senegal	3180	31.5	[27.6,35.8]	25.0	[20.6,29.9]	32.3	[26.0,39.4]	50.3	[41.0,59.6]	63.3	[51.9,73.4]
Slovakia	2492	25.1	[20.0,31.0]	14.5	[10.7,19.5]	32.2	[23.6,42.2]	27.8	[13.0,50.0]	32.7	[16.3,54.8]
South Africa	2350	66.6	[62.5,70.5]	61.9	[56.9,66.6]	67.6	[62.6,72.2]	75.1	[67.4,81.5]	80.1	[71.4,86.6]
Sri Lanka	6732	22.3	[19.4,25.6]	20.0	[16.6,23.9]	15.6	[13.0,18.7]	23.8	[18.4,30.3]	50.2	[44.0,56.4]
Swaziland	3107	48.7	[44.4,53.1]	46.6	[40.9,52.3]	48.2	[42.1,54.3]	50.1	[40.3,59.8]	65.1	[52.3,76.0]
Tunisia	5068	46.9	[43.4,50.5]	42.6	[38.7,46.6]	43.1	[38.9,47.4]	52.4	[46.9,57.9]	74.0	[68.4,79.0]
Ukraine	2847	20.6	[17.0,24.6]	16.2	[11.8,21.8]	15.1	[11.7,19.4]	20.6	[15.5,26.9]	36.7	[29.2,44.9]
Uruguay	2979	63.9	[55.6,71.3]	53.9	[45.2,62.4]	58.7	[53.8,63.5]	69.3	[59.5,77.6]	84.6	[72.8,91.9]
Vietnam	3492	17.9	[14.0,22.5]	11.6	[8.5,15.6]	13.9	[10.2,18.7]	26.0	[19.0,34.4]	50.6	[41.0,60.2]
Zambia	3808	25.6	[22.9,28.5]	23.6	[20.4,27.0]	24.7	[20.8,29.1]	26.8	[21.5,33.0]	45.5	[36.5,54.7]
Zimbabwe	4092	20.3	[18.5,22.3]	17.4	[15.2,19.8]	19.9	[15.9,24.6]	22.7	[18.5,27.5]	43.9	[35.4,52.7]

Data are unweighted N and % [95% confidence interval]
The total amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity over the last week was calculated and those scoring <150 min were considered to have low physical activity

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