Recommended fruit consumption by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 65 years and over, 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 | 50.4 (41.0-59.8) | 46.5 (38.8-54.3) | 46.1 (38.2-53.9) | 44.8 (38.3-51.2) | 45.9 (38.2-53.6) | 46.7 (43.2-50.1) |
| 1998 | 49.4 (39.9-58.8) | 43.8 (35.2-52.4) | 44.7 (36.9-52.4) | 44.8 (38.5-51.1) | 47.5 (39.5-55.4) | 45.3 (41.8-48.8) | |
| 2002 | 58.8 (48.4-69.1) | 54.6 (44.9-64.3) | 46.9 (39.1-54.6) | 49.1 (43.1-55.2) | 46.8 (39.9-53.7) | 50.3 (46.8-53.8) | |
| 2003 | 52.5 (40.4-64.5) | 50.0 (40.6-59.4) | 43.3 (35.4-51.2) | 53.0 (47.9-58.1) | 51.9 (43.8-60.0) | 50.0 (46.5-53.6) | |
| 2004 | 50.8 (39.9-61.7) | 52.4 (43.4-61.4) | 48.7 (39.5-58.0) | 49.3 (42.2-56.4) | 47.0 (37.6-56.3) | 49.6 (45.5-53.7) | |
| 2005 | 61.3 (54.0-68.5) | 58.7 (51.3-66.0) | 57.6 (51.1-64.2) | 56.5 (50.0-63.1) | 47.8 (39.7-56.0) | 57.1 (53.9-60.2) | |
| 2006 | 62.4 (53.2-71.5) | 46.9 (38.3-55.4) | 50.3 (42.0-58.6) | 54.1 (46.4-61.8) | 48.0 (39.7-56.2) | 52.4 (48.7-56.2) | |
| 2007 | 60.4 (51.0-69.8) | 50.8 (42.2-59.3) | 57.5 (49.1-65.8) | 54.5 (46.6-62.4) | 54.7 (45.7-63.6) | 55.0 (51.2-58.9) | |
| Females | 1997 | 67.1 (60.1-74.1) | 63.0 (56.5-69.5) | 55.0 (48.9-61.0) | 65.7 (61.1-70.2) | 58.1 (51.4-64.8) | 61.9 (59.1-64.7) |
| 1998 | 64.5 (57.6-71.5) | 57.1 (50.6-63.6) | 61.7 (55.6-67.7) | 63.1 (58.1-68.2) | 58.9 (52.5-65.4) | 60.5 (57.7-63.3) | |
| 2002 | 64.8 (54.8-74.7) | 67.6 (60.2-75.0) | 62.6 (56.5-68.7) | 60.4 (55.2-65.6) | 60.3 (54.7-65.9) | 62.5 (59.6-65.4) | |
| 2003 | 72.4 (65.0-79.8) | 68.5 (61.7-75.3) | 57.5 (51.2-63.8) | 64.8 (60.5-69.0) | 56.7 (50.0-63.4) | 63.7 (60.9-66.4) | |
| 2004 | 66.7 (58.5-74.8) | 62.4 (54.9-69.8) | 61.6 (54.7-68.4) | 60.0 (54.1-66.0) | 62.1 (54.0-70.1) | 62.6 (59.3-65.8) | |
| 2005 | 72.9 (67.4-78.4) | 66.8 (61.2-72.4) | 67.6 (62.5-72.7) | 73.7 (69.3-78.2) | 62.8 (56.5-69.0) | 68.7 (66.3-71.1) | |
| 2006 | 75.6 (69.3-82.0) | 72.5 (66.1-79.0) | 66.6 (60.4-72.8) | 67.6 (62.0-73.2) | 60.1 (52.9-67.3) | 68.8 (66.0-71.7) | |
| 2007 | 80.7 (74.7-86.7) | 68.4 (61.7-75.1) | 64.1 (57.9-70.4) | 69.2 (63.9-74.5) | 62.6 (55.7-69.6) | 68.7 (65.9-71.5) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 60.4 (54.7-66.1) | 55.4 (50.4-60.5) | 51.2 (46.4-56.0) | 55.9 (51.9-60.0) | 52.6 (47.5-57.7) | 55.2 (53.0-57.4) |
| 1998 | 58.5 (52.8-64.1) | 51.1 (45.8-56.4) | 53.9 (49.1-58.7) | 54.5 (50.4-58.5) | 53.9 (48.8-58.9) | 53.8 (51.6-56.0) | |
| 2002 | 62.0 (54.9-69.2) | 61.2 (55.1-67.3) | 55.6 (50.7-60.5) | 55.1 (51.1-59.1) | 54.4 (50.0-58.9) | 56.9 (54.7-59.2) | |
| 2003 | 64.9 (58.2-71.7) | 60.5 (54.8-66.3) | 50.7 (45.6-55.8) | 59.4 (56.1-62.7) | 54.5 (49.4-59.7) | 57.8 (55.6-60.0) | |
| 2004 | 59.4 (52.7-66.2) | 57.8 (52.0-63.5) | 56.1 (50.5-61.7) | 55.3 (50.7-59.8) | 55.0 (48.9-61.1) | 56.7 (54.1-59.3) | |
| 2005 | 67.3 (62.7-71.9) | 63.2 (58.6-67.7) | 63.0 (58.9-67.1) | 66.3 (62.4-70.2) | 56.1 (51.1-61.2) | 63.5 (61.5-65.4) | |
| 2006 | 69.6 (64.1-75.1) | 61.1 (55.6-66.5) | 59.5 (54.3-64.7) | 61.6 (56.9-66.3) | 54.2 (48.7-59.7) | 61.4 (59.0-63.7) | |
| 2007 | 71.3 (65.7-76.9) | 59.8 (54.3-65.3) | 61.4 (56.4-66.4) | 62.7 (58.1-67.4) | 59.2 (53.6-64.7) | 62.6 (60.2-64.9) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (3,282), 1998 (3,384), 2002 (3,391), 2003 (3,546), 2004 (2,570), 2005 (3,366), 2006 (2,361), 2007 (2,345). The indicator includes those who met the recommended fruit consumption of 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 July 2008 |