Table 4.

Comparison of mean number of steps per day among boys and girls between Canada (in 2005–2011) and Tokyo in 2011

	Boys		Girls
	Canadaa	Tokyo	Canadaa	Tokyo
Pedometer	Yamax SW-200	Yamasa Ex-200	Yamax SW-200	Yamasa Ex-200
Age	Steps per day	Steps per day	Steps per day	Steps per day
6	12,435	12,575	11,627	10,694
7	12,700	12,714	11,507	10,573
8	12,989	12,736	11,435	10,452
9	13,097	12,596	11,490	10,010
10	13,030	12,302	11,638	9517
11	12,694	12,021	11,367	9117
12	12,211	10,218	10,510	9104
13	11,816	9830	10,122	8689
14	11,114	8337	9988	7437
15	10,650	8583	9476	8398
16	10,344	8322	9252	8025
17	10,493	7935	9343	8130

^aThe Canadian Physical Activity Levels Among Youth (CANPLAY) survey [16]. Yamax SW-200 pedometers were used in the CANPLAY survey, and Yamasa EX-200 pedometers in the Tokyo survey. The SW-200 was worn on a belt, the EX-200 was placed in a pocket