Recommended fruit consumption by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | 1st Quintile % (95% CI) | 2nd Quintile % (95% CI) | 3rd Quintile % (95% CI) | 4th Quintile % (95% CI) | 5th Quintile % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 46.4 (35.8-57.0) | 39.4 (30.9-47.9) | 40.0 (32.0-48.0) | 40.1 (31.6-48.6) | 39.8 (31.9-47.7) | 40.9 (37.0-44.8) |
| 1998 | 43.9 (33.4-54.4) | 47.4 (36.7-58.1) | 51.2 (42.4-60.0) | 35.6 (27.5-43.7) | 39.4 (30.3-48.5) | 43.7 (39.4-48.0) | |
| 2002 | 50.2 (36.3-64.1) | 54.5 (40.7-68.4) | 41.0 (27.9-54.1) | 35.4 (24.8-46.1) | 38.7 (27.9-49.6) | 42.5 (36.9-48.0) | |
| 2003 | 50.0 (35.9-64.2) | 37.1 (25.4-48.8) | 38.7 (28.2-49.2) | 32.8 (23.3-42.4) | 44.9 (34.0-55.8) | 40.1 (35.0-45.1) | |
| 2004 | 29.8 (14.5-45.2) | 44.9 (31.0-58.9) | 32.0 (19.7-44.3) | 43.5 (29.2-57.8) | 45.2 (29.9-60.5) | 37.8 (31.2-44.4) | |
| 2005 | 59.5 (46.6-72.4) | 48.3 (35.9-60.7) | 39.4 (27.5-51.4) | 40.6 (26.9-54.3) | 51.2 (38.2-64.1) | 48.1 (42.5-53.7) | |
| 2006 | 61.3 (45.2-77.5) | 52.0 (37.0-66.9) | 32.3 (19.4-45.2) | 46.1 (31.2-61.1) | 50.8 (35.5-66.1) | 47.9 (41.2-54.6) | |
| 2007 | 38.8 (20.9-56.8) | 49.9 (33.0-66.8) | 50.4 (34.8-66.1) | 48.5 (33.1-64.0) | 50.1 (34.6-65.7) | 47.9 (40.6-55.3) | |
| Females | 1997 | 47.6 (37.2-58.0) | 51.9 (42.6-61.2) | 41.5 (33.5-49.5) | 41.9 (33.9-49.8) | 43.1 (34.7-51.5) | 45.3 (41.3-49.4) |
| 1998 | 45.1 (34.2-56.1) | 42.8 (33.6-51.9) | 42.0 (32.8-51.1) | 50.4 (41.9-58.9) | 39.7 (30.8-48.6) | 43.8 (39.6-47.9) | |
| 2002 | 71.2 (55.2-87.1) | 35.8 (23.8-47.9) | 39.0 (29.7-48.2) | 44.9 (35.6-54.2) | 40.2 (30.5-49.9) | 44.3 (39.1-49.4) | |
| 2003 | 69.5 (56.9-82.1) | 46.9 (36.0-57.9) | 46.9 (37.9-56.0) | 46.4 (37.0-55.8) | 52.2 (40.6-63.8) | 51.0 (46.2-55.8) | |
| 2004 | 55.5 (39.3-71.6) | 45.5 (33.3-57.7) | 19.6 (10.8-28.4) | 59.6 (49.1-70.2) | 39.1 (26.0-52.2) | 43.8 (37.9-49.7) | |
| 2005 | 58.3 (46.3-70.2) | 43.1 (32.4-53.8) | 69.8 (58.2-81.3) | 47.8 (35.7-60.0) | 48.5 (36.5-60.4) | 52.7 (47.5-58.0) | |
| 2006 | 55.6 (41.2-70.0) | 49.9 (35.4-64.3) | 64.0 (50.2-77.7) | 58.0 (44.2-71.8) | 38.5 (26.1-50.9) | 52.8 (46.6-59.0) | |
| 2007 | 74.3 (60.1-88.5) | 45.9 (31.1-60.6) | 47.3 (35.9-58.7) | 51.8 (36.1-67.5) | 63.2 (50.1-76.2) | 55.3 (49.0-61.6) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 47.0 (39.6-54.4) | 45.4 (39.1-51.7) | 40.7 (35.0-46.3) | 41.0 (35.2-46.8) | 41.4 (35.7-47.2) | 43.1 (40.3-45.9) |
| 1998 | 44.5 (36.9-52.1) | 44.9 (38.0-51.9) | 46.9 (40.5-53.2) | 43.0 (37.0-49.1) | 39.5 (33.1-45.9) | 43.7 (40.7-46.7) | |
| 2002 | 59.6 (48.6-70.6) | 44.1 (34.7-53.5) | 40.0 (31.8-48.1) | 39.8 (32.7-46.9) | 39.5 (32.2-46.8) | 43.3 (39.6-47.1) | |
| 2003 | 59.7 (50.0-69.5) | 42.0 (33.9-50.0) | 43.1 (36.2-50.0) | 39.8 (33.1-46.5) | 48.3 (40.3-56.2) | 45.2 (41.7-48.6) | |
| 2004 | 40.5 (28.9-52.1) | 45.2 (36.0-54.5) | 26.7 (18.6-34.8) | 52.5 (43.6-61.4) | 41.7 (31.7-51.7) | 40.8 (36.3-45.2) | |
| 2005 | 58.9 (50.1-67.7) | 45.6 (37.4-53.8) | 54.3 (45.3-63.2) | 44.3 (35.1-53.4) | 49.8 (41.0-58.6) | 50.4 (46.6-54.3) | |
| 2006 | 58.4 (47.6-69.3) | 50.9 (40.5-61.3) | 47.6 (37.7-57.5) | 51.5 (41.1-61.8) | 44.7 (34.7-54.6) | 50.3 (45.7-54.9) | |
| 2007 | 55.4 (42.5-68.3) | 47.7 (36.5-58.9) | 48.5 (39.2-57.8) | 49.9 (38.7-61.1) | 56.9 (46.7-67.1) | 51.8 (46.9-56.6) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (1,867), 1998 (1,740), 2002 (1,171), 2003 (1,251), 2004 ( 812), 2005 ( 926), 2006 ( 638), 2007 ( 567). The indicator includes those who met the recommended fruit consumption of at least 2 serves a day for people aged 16 years and over. One serve is equivalent to one medium piece or 2 small pieces of fruit. The question used to define the indicator was: How many serves of fruit do you usually eat each day? |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 1 June 2008 |