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Eating breads and cereals once a day or more by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 2002-2007

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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 2002 100 (100-100) 99.6 (98.8-100) 99.7 (99.1-100) 99.9 (99.6-100) 98.3 (96.6-99.9) 99.4 (98.9-99.9)
2003 97.5 (93.7-100) 99.0 (97.5-100) 97.8 (95.2-100) 98.7 (97.6-99.9) 99.4 (98.4-100) 98.5 (97.7-99.4)
2004 98.5 (95.7-100) 96.6 (92.8-100) 99.0 (97.2-100) 98.7 (97.5-99.9) 99.5 (98.7-100) 98.4 (97.3-99.5)
2005 97.4 (95.2-99.5) 98.1 (96.5-99.6) 96.0 (93.4-98.6) 97.8 (95.9-99.6) 95.2 (91.7-98.7) 97.0 (96.0-98.0)
2006 99.0 (97.1-100) 96.8 (93.5-100) 98.1 (94.3-100) 99.2 (98.2-100) 95.9 (92.4-99.4) 97.8 (96.6-99.1)
2007 98.8 (97.0-100) 98.7 (96.9-100) 96.8 (93.7-100) 96.4 (93.4-99.4) 98.1 (95.7-100) 97.8 (96.7-98.9)
Females 2002 99.0 (97.6-100) 99.5 (98.5-100) 99.2 (98.3-100) 97.8 (96.0-99.6) 94.9 (89.2-100) 97.7 (96.1-99.4)
2003 98.2 (96.4-100) 96.4 (93.5-99.3) 99.7 (99.2-100) 98.5 (97.5-99.4) 96.2 (92.5-100) 97.9 (97.0-98.9)
2004 99.0 (97.7-100) 97.6 (95.7-99.5) 95.8 (93.3-98.3) 97.2 (95.2-99.1) 97.3 (94.9-99.8) 97.4 (96.5-98.3)
2005 96.9 (94.8-99.0) 97.1 (94.7-99.5) 95.8 (93.5-98.1) 97.8 (96.4-99.1) 96.0 (93.6-98.5) 96.8 (95.9-97.8)
2006 98.6 (97.4-99.8) 96.5 (94.0-99.0) 97.9 (95.3-100) 97.8 (96.4-99.3) 98.3 (96.7-99.9) 97.7 (96.8-98.6)
2007 95.3 (92.1-98.4) 98.1 (94.9-100) 97.5 (95.7-99.3) 97.8 (96.1-99.5) 97.1 (95.0-99.2) 97.2 (96.2-98.3)
Persons 2002 99.5 (98.7-100) 99.5 (98.9-100) 99.4 (98.8-100) 98.8 (97.8-99.7) 96.4 (93.1-99.7) 98.5 (97.6-99.4)
2003 97.9 (96.1-99.8) 97.5 (95.7-99.3) 98.8 (97.5-100) 98.6 (97.9-99.3) 97.7 (95.6-99.8) 98.2 (97.6-98.9)
2004 98.8 (97.3-100) 97.1 (95.1-99.2) 97.2 (95.6-98.9) 97.9 (96.6-99.1) 98.3 (97.0-99.7) 97.9 (97.1-98.6)
2005 97.1 (95.6-98.6) 97.5 (96.0-99.0) 95.9 (94.2-97.6) 97.8 (96.7-98.9) 95.7 (93.6-97.7) 96.9 (96.2-97.6)
2006 98.8 (97.7-99.9) 96.6 (94.6-98.7) 97.9 (95.8-100) 98.4 (97.5-99.4) 97.1 (95.2-99.0) 97.8 (97.0-98.5)
2007 96.9 (95.0-98.8) 98.4 (96.6-100) 97.2 (95.5-98.9) 97.2 (95.5-98.8) 97.6 (95.9-99.2) 97.5 (96.7-98.3)


Note: Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 2002 (3,371), 2003 (3,529), 2004 (2,558), 2005 (3,348), 2006 (2,356), 2007 (2,338). The indicator includes those who ate cereals (including breads, rice, pasta and noodles) once per day or more or ate breakfast cereals 2 times per week or more or ate pasta, noodles and other cooked cereals once per day or more. The questions used to define the indicator were: How often do you usually eat bread?, How often do you eat breakfast cereal?, and How often do you eat pasta, rice, noodles or other cooked cereals?
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 July 2008

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