Table 3.

Reasons for physical activity referral

	Sex		Age group					Profession		Total
	Female (n = 4190)	Male (n = 2108)	0–17 (n = 32)	18–29 (n = 343)	30–44 (n = 1272)	45–64 (n = 3132)	65+ (n = 1518)	Physician (n = 2142)	Other (n = 3977)	n = 6300
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Reasons for prescriptions*
Sedentary	14.6	13.9	21.9	22.7	17.1	13.0	12.8	17.7	12.9	14.4
Musculoskeletal	44.6	28.8	43.8	40.5	46.0	37.8	35.7	37.2	40.4	39.1
Overweight	35.2	35.7	37.5	42.9	38.5	36.2	29.2	39.4	33.8	35.4
Diabetes	18.3	32.9	6.3	1.7	7.5	26.2	35.2	17.0	27.2	23.2
High blood pressure	20.4	28.9	0	1.7	10.1	27.9	30.2	25.3	22.7	23.3
Cholesterol	8.0	10.2	0	0.3	2.5	10.6	12.2	9.8	8.5	8.7
Mental health	10.1	7.4	3.1	23.0	16.2	8.1	2.4	14.1	6.9	9.2
Other reasons	9.4	8.0	15.6	9.0	7.4	8.4	11.1	10.1	8.3	8.9

Notes:

*) The total sums exceed 100%.