Usual use of lower fat milks 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 | 55.2 (45.7-64.8) | 52.2 (44.3-60.2) | 49.3 (41.2-57.3) | 37.9 (31.4-44.4) | 44.3 (36.0-52.6) | 47.5 (43.8-51.1) |
| 1998 | 53.2 (43.6-62.8) | 52.2 (43.2-61.1) | 44.1 (36.4-51.9) | 54.6 (48.2-61.0) | 48.7 (40.6-56.8) | 49.9 (46.3-53.5) | |
| 2002 | 60.9 (50.9-71.0) | 45.4 (35.7-55.1) | 49.7 (42.0-57.4) | 42.5 (36.5-48.5) | 42.0 (35.0-49.0) | 46.7 (43.2-50.2) | |
| 2003 | 48.6 (36.6-60.6) | 52.4 (43.1-61.6) | 45.0 (37.1-53.0) | 51.4 (46.3-56.5) | 43.1 (34.9-51.4) | 48.2 (44.7-51.8) | |
| 2004 | 49.0 (38.1-59.9) | 43.8 (35.0-52.5) | 48.6 (39.4-57.8) | 50.5 (43.4-57.5) | 43.3 (34.0-52.6) | 47.1 (43.0-51.2) | |
| 2005 | 53.9 (46.5-61.2) | 51.7 (44.3-59.2) | 52.5 (45.9-59.2) | 46.8 (40.2-53.3) | 34.3 (26.9-41.7) | 48.3 (45.1-51.5) | |
| 2006 | 66.0 (57.4-74.7) | 48.1 (39.5-56.6) | 54.0 (45.7-62.3) | 51.0 (43.2-58.8) | 42.3 (34.3-50.3) | 51.8 (48.0-55.5) | |
| 2007 | 58.0 (48.8-67.2) | 49.5 (41.1-58.0) | 43.3 (34.8-51.8) | 45.6 (37.8-53.4) | 34.1 (25.8-42.3) | 46.1 (42.3-50.0) | |
| Females | 1997 | 65.5 (57.9-73.1) | 59.0 (52.2-65.9) | 60.2 (54.2-66.2) | 61.0 (56.1-65.8) | 56.3 (49.4-63.1) | 60.5 (57.6-63.4) |
| 1998 | 63.7 (56.8-70.6) | 58.0 (51.5-64.5) | 55.0 (48.7-61.2) | 52.4 (47.1-57.8) | 56.4 (49.8-62.9) | 56.6 (53.8-59.4) | |
| 2002 | 66.6 (57.4-75.7) | 66.6 (59.3-74.0) | 62.7 (56.9-68.6) | 57.1 (52.0-62.3) | 56.4 (50.4-62.4) | 60.7 (57.8-63.7) | |
| 2003 | 61.2 (52.7-69.8) | 62.8 (55.8-69.8) | 56.5 (50.3-62.8) | 56.1 (51.7-60.4) | 52.5 (45.8-59.2) | 57.5 (54.6-60.3) | |
| 2004 | 59.0 (50.6-67.4) | 57.5 (50.1-64.9) | 55.6 (48.7-62.6) | 53.1 (47.2-59.0) | 52.0 (43.8-60.2) | 55.2 (51.9-58.5) | |
| 2005 | 65.8 (59.3-72.4) | 59.2 (53.2-65.1) | 53.7 (48.2-59.2) | 54.9 (49.7-60.2) | 49.0 (42.5-55.5) | 56.5 (53.9-59.1) | |
| 2006 | 69.7 (62.8-76.5) | 60.1 (52.9-67.2) | 60.1 (53.6-66.6) | 61.5 (55.7-67.3) | 50.4 (43.2-57.6) | 60.4 (57.4-63.4) | |
| 2007 | 66.3 (59.1-73.5) | 63.3 (56.4-70.2) | 60.9 (54.8-67.0) | 57.8 (52.0-63.7) | 50.6 (43.5-57.6) | 59.2 (56.2-62.2) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 61.4 (55.4-67.3) | 55.9 (50.7-61.1) | 55.6 (50.7-60.5) | 50.1 (46.0-54.3) | 51.1 (45.8-56.4) | 54.8 (52.5-57.1) |
| 1998 | 59.6 (53.9-65.3) | 55.4 (49.9-60.8) | 50.2 (45.3-55.1) | 53.5 (49.3-57.6) | 53.1 (48.0-58.2) | 53.7 (51.5-55.9) | |
| 2002 | 64.0 (57.2-70.8) | 56.3 (50.0-62.5) | 57.0 (52.2-61.7) | 50.3 (46.3-54.2) | 50.0 (45.6-54.5) | 54.3 (52.0-56.6) | |
| 2003 | 56.5 (49.4-63.6) | 58.2 (52.5-64.0) | 51.0 (45.9-56.1) | 54.0 (50.6-57.3) | 48.2 (43.0-53.4) | 53.4 (51.2-55.7) | |
| 2004 | 54.5 (47.7-61.3) | 51.1 (45.4-56.9) | 52.7 (47.1-58.3) | 51.9 (47.4-56.5) | 48.0 (41.8-54.1) | 51.6 (49.0-54.2) | |
| 2005 | 60.2 (55.3-65.1) | 55.9 (51.2-60.5) | 53.2 (48.9-57.4) | 51.4 (47.3-55.5) | 42.5 (37.5-47.4) | 52.8 (50.8-54.8) | |
| 2006 | 68.0 (62.6-73.4) | 54.7 (49.1-60.2) | 57.4 (52.3-62.6) | 56.8 (52.1-61.6) | 46.5 (41.1-51.9) | 56.5 (54.1-58.8) | |
| 2007 | 62.5 (56.7-68.2) | 56.5 (51.1-62.0) | 53.6 (48.6-58.7) | 52.4 (47.6-57.2) | 43.4 (38.0-48.8) | 53.3 (50.9-55.7) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (3,094), 1998 (3,223), 2002 (3,406), 2003 (3,563), 2004 (2,582), 2005 (3,384), 2006 (2,381), 2007 (2,372). The indicator includes those who usually use low fat, reduced fat, or skim milk. The question used to define the indicator was: What type of milk do you usually have? |
| 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 |