Looking at the age distribution of average weekly National Football League viewership in the United States, individuals aged 65 years and older constituted the largest share of survey participants who did not follow any NFL games. Compared with just 19 percent of respondents aged between 18 and 34 years, 30 percent of individuals who were 65 years and older said they did not spend any time during the week following the sport.
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According to the source, the share of respondents who belonged to different age categories from the total survey sample are as follows: 18-34 years (30%), 35-49 years (25%), 50-64 years (25%), and 65 years and over (20%).
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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