Table 3 Standardised prevalence of sporting inactivity among adults in Germany aged 25–69 years by survey year

48.1 (45.4–50.9)

46.9 (44.8–49.1)

48.2 (46.1–50.3)

48.7 (45.7–51.6)

0.865

37.5 (35.4–39.6)

32.9 (31.5–34.2)

33.5 (32.2–34.9)

30.9 (29.4–32.3)

<0.001

25.0 (22.6–27.6)

20.1 (18.8–21.4)

19.9 (18.7–21.1)

16.4 (15.2–17.7)

<0.001

39.4 (38.0–40.8)

35.0 (34.0–36.0)

35.7 (34.8–36.7)

32.7 (31.6–33.8)

<0.001

47.8 (43.9–51.7)

46.7 (43.6–49.8)

48.4 (45.4–51.5)

49.5 (45.6–53.4)

0.584

40.4 (37.1–43.9)

35.4 (33.2–37.8)

37.1 (34.8–39.4)

33.7 (31.6–36.0)

0.002

24.8 (21.8–28.2)

20.3 (18.5–22.3)

19.5 (17.8–21.2)

15.9 (14.3–17.7)

<0.001

40.1 (38.0–42.2)

36.3 (34.8–37.8)

37.0 (35.5–38.5)

34.1 (32.5–35.8)

<0.001

48.5 (44.5–52.5)

47.1 (44.1–50.1)

48.0 (45.0–50.9)

47.8 (43.3–52.3)

0.783

35.6 (33.0–38.2)

31.4 (29.8–33.0)

31.5 (29.9–33.1)

28.5 (26.7–30.4)

<0.001

25.3 (21.4–29.6)

19.8 (18.1–21.7)

20.3 (18.6–22.0)

17.1 (15.2–19.1)

<0.001

38.8 (36.9–40.8)

34.0 (32.8–35.3)

34.7 (33.5–36.0)

31.3 (29.7–32.9)

<0.001