Eating processed meat products less than 3 times a week by region,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | Urban % (95% CI) | Rural % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 60.2 (55.3-65.1) | 47.8 (41.8-53.8) | 56.6 (52.7-60.5) |
| 2002 | 56.6 (50.0-63.2) | 50.2 (40.8-59.6) | 54.7 (49.3-60.2) | |
| 2003 | 61.2 (54.9-67.5) | 48.9 (41.8-55.9) | 57.6 (52.7-62.6) | |
| 2004 | 58.4 (50.0-66.7) | 44.0 (34.1-53.8) | 54.4 (47.7-61.1) | |
| 2005 | 54.2 (47.2-61.1) | 50.4 (41.8-58.9) | 53.2 (47.5-58.8) | |
| 2006 | 58.5 (50.4-66.5) | 51.7 (40.8-62.6) | 56.6 (50.0-63.2) | |
| 2007 | 52.7 (43.4-61.9) | 53.4 (41.9-64.9) | 52.9 (45.5-60.2) | |
| Females | 1997 | 78.1 (74.0-82.3) | 66.8 (61.6-72.1) | 75.0 (71.6-78.3) |
| 2002 | 75.4 (69.5-81.3) | 67.2 (59.9-74.5) | 73.1 (68.4-77.8) | |
| 2003 | 81.8 (77.1-86.5) | 76.7 (69.6-83.8) | 80.5 (76.5-84.4) | |
| 2004 | 81.3 (75.3-87.3) | 73.6 (66.6-80.5) | 79.1 (74.4-83.9) | |
| 2005 | 75.1 (69.0-81.1) | 78.8 (72.5-85.2) | 76.1 (71.4-80.8) | |
| 2006 | 78.9 (72.5-85.3) | 68.2 (59.4-77.0) | 76.0 (70.7-81.3) | |
| 2007 | 75.8 (69.4-82.3) | 74.4 (65.9-82.9) | 75.5 (70.2-80.7) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 69.0 (65.7-72.3) | 57.1 (53.0-61.1) | 65.6 (63.0-68.3) |
| 2002 | 65.9 (61.4-70.3) | 58.4 (52.4-64.4) | 63.8 (60.1-67.4) | |
| 2003 | 72.0 (68.0-76.0) | 61.8 (56.8-66.9) | 69.2 (66.0-72.5) | |
| 2004 | 69.6 (64.2-74.9) | 58.6 (52.1-65.2) | 66.6 (62.3-70.8) | |
| 2005 | 64.7 (60.0-69.4) | 65.0 (59.6-70.5) | 64.8 (61.1-68.5) | |
| 2006 | 68.3 (63.0-73.6) | 59.6 (52.4-66.8) | 65.9 (61.6-70.3) | |
| 2007 | 64.9 (59.1-70.6) | 64.0 (56.8-71.1) | 64.6 (60.0-69.2) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (1,867), 2002 (1,173), 2003 (1,254), 2004 ( 815), 2005 ( 935), 2006 ( 644), 2007 ( 571). The indicator includes those who ate processed meat products less than 3 times a week. The question used to define the indicator was: How often do you eat processed meat products such as sausages, frankfurts, devon, salami, meat pies, bacon or ham? |
| 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 |