Table 2.
Percentage of Thai children and youth who met physical activity guideline by region, age group, and sex
| Region | Total (n = 13254*) | 6-9 years (n = 4273) | 10-13 years (n = 4485) | 14-17 years (n = 4496) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boy | Girl | Boy | Girl | Boy | Girl | |||||||||
| n (%) | (95%CI) | n (%) | (95%CI) | n (%) | (95%CI) | n (%) | (95%CI) | n (%) | (95%CI) | n (%) | (95%CI) | n (%) | (95%CI) | |
| Bangkoka, b, c | 310 (26.7) | (24.2-29.3) | 63 (37.5) | (30.5-45.0) | 30 (18.8) | (13.5-25.5) | 62 (32.8) | (26.5-39.8) | 34 (18.7) | (13.7-25.0) | 70 (33.3) | (27.3-40.0) | 51 (20.1) | (15.6-25.4) |
| Centralc | 295 (25.2) | (22.8-27.8) | 55 (28.2) | (22.4-34.9) | 39 (21.4) | (16.1-28.0) | 63 (30.1) | (24.3-36.7) | 50 (25.6) | (20.0-32.2) | 49 (28.5) | (22.3-35.7) | 39 (18.1) | (13.5-25.4) |
| Eastb, c | 193 (18.6) | (16.4-21.1) | 38 (21.3) | (16.0-27.9) | 25 (15.2) | (10.5-21.4) | 55 (29.9) | (23.7-36.9) | 23 (13.3) | (9.0-19.2) | 34 (22.2) | (16.4-29.4) | 18 (9.8) | (6.3-23.7) |
| West | 161 (16.0) | (13.9-18.4) | 35 (20.2) | (14.9-26.8) | 26 (16.1) | (11.3-22.6) | 35 (19.7) | (14.5-26.1) | 20 (11.8) | (7.8-17.6) | 24 (16.3) | (11.2-23.1) | 21 (11.9) | (7.9-15.0) |
| Northa, b, c | 474 (20.7) | (19.1-22.4) | 112 (30.5) | (26.0-35.4) | 43 (12.6) | (9.5-16.5) | 127 (32.4) | (28.0-37.2) | 53 (14.3) | (11.1-18.3) | 103 (27.8) | (23.5-32.6) | 36 (8.0) | (5.9-17.6) |
| Southa, b, c | 477 (25.0) | (23.1-27.0) | 131 (34.4) | (29.8-39.3) | 87 (24.9) | (20.7-29.7) | 96 (28.9) | (24.3-34.0) | 64 (20.3) | (16.2-25.1) | 63 (27.6) | (22.2-33.8) | 36 (11.9) | (8.7-10.9) |
| North Easta, b, c | 1185 (25.3) | (24.1-26.6) | 211 (28.2) | (25.1-31.5) | 149 (21.2) | (18.3-24.3) | 314 (38.1) | (34.8-41.4) | 185 (24.0) | (21.1-27.1) | 224 (30.7) | (27.5-34.1) | 102 (11.3) | (9.4-16.0) |
| Total | 3095 (234) | (22.6-24.1) | 645 (29.2) | (27.3-31.1) | 399 (19.3) | (17.7-21.1) | 752 (32.6) | (30.7-34.5) | 429 (19.7) | (18.1-21.4) | 567 (28.2) | (22.6-30.2) | 303 (12.2) | (11.0-13.5) |
*The total count is different from Table 1, due to rounded cell counts. a=Significant difference between genders for ages 6-9 years at p < 0.05. b=Significant difference between genders for ages 10-13 years at p < 0.05. c=Significant difference between genders for ages 14-17 years at p < 0.05