Table 4.
Prescribed type of physical activity for referred patients
| 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 | |
| (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
| Prescribed activity* | ||||||||||
| Walking | 46.7 | 58.9 | 37.5 | 37.9 | 42.8 | 52.6 | 57 | 51.5 | 50.8 | 50.8 |
| Nordic walking** | 11.6 | 6.2 | 0 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| Running | 0.7 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Swimming | 3.6 | 5.1 | 12.5 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Water aerobic | 31.0 | 12.9 | 6.3 | 19.2 | 22.7 | 25.5 | 27.1 | 21.2 | 26.5 | 24.9 |
| Group Gymnastics | 14.8 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 20.4 | 17.2 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 17.9 | 12.5 | 13.1 |
| Weight & Circuit | 17.3 | 21.4 | 40.6 | 33.5 | 26.7 | 17.6 | 10.6 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 18.7 |
| Other activity | 26.4 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 29.7 | 30.1 | 27.4 | 24.8 | 27.8 | 25.8 | 27.5 |
Notes:
*) The total sums exceed 100%.
**) Nordic walking, also known as ski walking, pole walking or fitness walking, involves walking with modified ski poles.