Table 3.
Level of physical inactivity in different domains of activities in nine rural Asian HDSS sites by gender and age-groups
| Bangladesh | India | Vietnam | Indonesia | Thailand | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage (%) reported (95% CI) | Matlab (N=2,061) | Mirsarai (N=2,028) | Abhoynagar (N=1,983) | WATCH (N=1,997) | Vadu (N=2,074) | Chililab (N=2,194) | Filabavi (N=2,000) | Purworejo (N=1,946) | Kanchanaburi (N=2,146) | ||
| Men | |||||||||||
| Percentage (%) reported no vigorous or moderate activities at work | 66.5 (63.4–69.5) | 57.9 (54.7–61.0) | 46 (42.8–49.3) | 27 (24.1–30.1) | 85.6 (83.3–87.6) | 18.2 (16.0–20.6) | 62.1 (58.9–65.2) | 1.4 (0.9–2.3) | 9 (7.4–11.0) | ||
| Percentage (%) who did not walk or cycle from places to places | 24.6 (21.9–27.5) | 26.4 (23.6–29.3) | 14.6 (12.5–17.1) | 7.3 (5.7–9.2) | 29.9 (27.1–32.9) | 46.3 (43.3–49.4) | 11.2 (8.4–14.8) | 41.7 (38.6–44.9) | 53 (49.9–56.1) | ||
| Percentage (%) reported no vigorous or moderate activities during leisure | 98.9 (97.8–99.4) | 96 (94.4–97.2) | 96.8 (95.4–97.8) | 93.2 (91.3–94.8) | 94.5 (93.0–95.8) | 61.8 (58.8–64.7) | 86.5 (84.1–88.6) | 93.3 (91.6–94.7) | 73.6 (70.7–76.3) | ||
| Women | |||||||||||
| Percentage (%) reported no vigorous or moderate activities at work | 22.2 (19.7–24.8) | 55.2 (51.9–58.4) | 25.1 (22.3–28.1) | 17.3 (14.8–20.1) | 80.7 (78.2–83.1) | 14 (12.0–16.2) | 49.7 (46.5–52.9) | 1.4 (0.8–2.4) | 10.5 (8.7–12.5) | ||
| Percentage (%) who did not walk or cycle from places to places | 72.7 (69.7–75.5) | 78.5 (75.7–81.1) | 64 (60.8–67.1) | 80.2 (77.3–82.8) | 33.8 (30.9–36.9) | 21 (18.6–23.7) | 4.3 (2.9–6.3) | 50.4 (47.2–53.7) | 52.2 (49.1–55.2) | ||
| Percentage (%) reported no vigorous or moderate activities during leisure | 99.6 (98.9–99.9) | 99.3 (98.4–99.7) | 99.9 (99.0,100) | 93.9 (92.0–95.4) | 93.8 (92.2–95.1) | 76.9 (74.3–79.3) | 86.9 (84.6–89.0) | 97.5 (96.2–98.3) | 86.7 (84.5–88.7) | ||