Eating processed meat products less than 3 times a week by region,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | Urban % (95% CI) | Rural % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 84.4 (80.9-88.0) | 75.8 (72.1-79.6) | 81.3 (78.7-84.0) |
| 2002 | 81.2 (77.6-84.8) | 79.6 (76.0-83.2) | 80.6 (78.0-83.2) | |
| 2003 | 84.1 (80.5-87.8) | 80.4 (77.0-83.9) | 82.8 (80.2-85.4) | |
| 2004 | 85.2 (81.4-89.0) | 80.0 (75.7-84.3) | 83.3 (80.4-86.2) | |
| 2005 | 83.3 (80.1-86.4) | 80.6 (77.4-83.7) | 82.3 (79.9-84.6) | |
| 2006 | 83.4 (79.6-87.2) | 83.4 (79.7-87.2) | 83.4 (80.7-86.2) | |
| 2007 | 81.8 (77.7-86.0) | 82.4 (78.5-86.2) | 82.0 (79.0-85.0) | |
| Females | 1997 | 92.2 (90.0-94.4) | 91.6 (89.5-93.7) | 92.0 (90.4-93.6) |
| 2002 | 86.1 (83.2-88.9) | 90.1 (88.0-92.3) | 87.5 (85.5-89.5) | |
| 2003 | 88.2 (85.5-90.8) | 90.0 (87.8-92.1) | 88.8 (86.9-90.7) | |
| 2004 | 85.8 (82.6-88.9) | 90.8 (88.5-93.2) | 87.6 (85.4-89.8) | |
| 2005 | 88.2 (85.8-90.6) | 90.7 (88.8-92.6) | 89.1 (87.4-90.8) | |
| 2006 | 85.3 (82.2-88.4) | 89.2 (86.7-91.7) | 86.7 (84.5-88.9) | |
| 2007 | 90.5 (88.1-92.9) | 89.3 (86.9-91.7) | 90.1 (88.3-91.8) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 88.8 (86.8-90.8) | 84.5 (82.3-86.6) | 87.3 (85.8-88.8) |
| 2002 | 83.9 (81.6-86.1) | 85.2 (83.1-87.3) | 84.4 (82.7-86.0) | |
| 2003 | 86.4 (84.3-88.6) | 85.5 (83.6-87.5) | 86.1 (84.6-87.7) | |
| 2004 | 85.5 (83.1-88.0) | 85.8 (83.4-88.2) | 85.6 (83.9-87.4) | |
| 2005 | 86.0 (84.1-87.9) | 86.0 (84.2-87.8) | 86.0 (84.6-87.4) | |
| 2006 | 84.4 (82.0-86.9) | 86.5 (84.3-88.8) | 85.2 (83.5-87.0) | |
| 2007 | 86.6 (84.3-88.9) | 86.3 (84.1-88.4) | 86.5 (84.8-88.1) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (3,279), 2002 (3,398), 2003 (3,562), 2004 (2,578), 2005 (3,377), 2006 (2,370), 2007 (2,348). 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 July 2008 |