Table 5.
Prevalence of combined categories of physical activity and sedentary behavior in adolescents aged 12–15 years by sex, WHO region, and PPP category.
| Sufficient Physical Activity | Insufficient Physical Activity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Sedentary Behavior | High Sedentary Behavior | Low Sedentary Behavior | High Sedentary Behavior | |||||
| %(95% CI) | %(95% CI) | %(95% CI) | %(95% CI) | |||||
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| WHO Region | ||||||||
| Africa | 12.1 (9.2–14.9) | 7.3 (5.4–9.1) | 7.1 (4.9–9.2) | 4.7 (3.3–6.1) | 55.9 (48.9–62.9) | 57.8 (49.9–65.7) | 24.1 (18.8–29.4) | 29.5 (22.4–36.7) |
| America | 11.2 (10.2–12.2) | 6.1 (5.1–7.0) | 9.6 (7.9–11.2) | 6.2 (5.2–7.2) | 46.1 (41.0–51.2) | 46.3 (40.9–51.7) | 32.7 (28.7–36.8) | 41.1 (35.5–46.7) |
| East Mediterranean | 10.5 (9.0–12.1) | 6.6 (5.8–7.4) | 7.0 (4.9–9.1) | 4.1 (2.8–5.4) | 56.0 (49.3–62.8) | 58.3 (49.3–67.2) | 26.0 (19.4–32.6) | 30.8 (21.9–39.6) |
| Southeast Asia | 14.0 (8.6–19.3) | 11.9 (7.0–16.8) | 4.5 (2.2–6.9) | 2.4 (1.3–3.5) | 61.6 (49.6–73.5) | 64.8 (52.0–77.6) | 18.7 (11.0–26.5) | 19.3 (7.8–30.8) |
| Western Pacific | 11.0 (8.8–13.1) | 7.6 (6.0–9.2) | 6.4 (4.6–8.2) | 4.0 (3.1–4.9) | 58.5 (53.5–63.6) | 60.7 (54.8–66.5) | 24.3 (19.8–28.8) | 27.0 (22.2–31.9) |
| PPP/capita | ||||||||
| Q1 100–4299 | 12.0 (9.8–14.1) | 9.6 (7.5–11.7) | 4.4 (3.3–5.6) | 2.7 (2.1–3.4) | 65.4 (60.9–69.8) | 67.6 (62.9–72.4) | 17.4 (14.3–20.6) | 19.0 (14.2–23.8) |
| Q2 4300–7799 | 10.0 (7.7–12.3) | 6.5 (5.2–7.9) | 5.4 (4.3–6.4) | 3.6 (2.9–4.3) | 60.4 (57.3–63.6) | 63.5 (60.6–66.3) | 24.0 (20.3–27.8) | 26.0 (23.7–28.4) |
| Q3 7800–15,999 | 12.6 (10.5–14.7) | 8.1 (6.7–9.5) | 8.2 (6.3–10.1) | 4.6 (3.5–5.7) | 54.9 (49.8–59.9) | 58.1 (51.4–64.9) | 23.9 (21.3–26.5) | 28.8 (24.1–33.5) |
| Q4 16,000–22,999 | 11.5 (10.2–12.9) | 5.3 (4.5–6.2) | 11.0 (9.6–12.4) | 6.3 (4.9–7.8) | 39.2 (35.0–43.4) | 39.8 (34.3–45.3) | 37.7 (33.9–41.5) | 48.0 (42.6–53.4) |
| Q5 > 23,000 | 10.0 (8.7–11.4) | 4.9 (3.8–6.0) | 10.0 (8.6–11.4) | 6.8 (5.3–8.3) | 41.7 (38.0–45.3) | 40.2 (34.6–45.9) | 37.9 (35.0–40.8) | 48.0 (43.1–52.8) |
| Linear trend across quintiles | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
WHO, World Health Organization; PPP, purchasing power parity. Sufficient physical activity: any physical activity ≥60 min/day; low sedentary behavior: sitting time <2 h/day except sitting time at school and for homework.