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Trends in health behaviours
Trends in health behaviours
| Persons aged 65 years and over | | Indicator | Year | Males | Females | Persons | | Risk alcohol drinking | 1997 | 41.9 (38.5-45.4) | 20.4 (18.2-22.6) | 29.8 (27.8-31.8) | | 1998 | 41.2 (37.7-44.7) | 22.1 (19.7-24.4) | 30.4 (28.3-32.4) | | 2002 | 31.6 (28.4-34.8) | 17.1 (14.9-19.4) | 23.8 (21.8-25.7) | | 2003 | 33.8 (30.5-37.0) | 18.3 (16.0-20.6) | 25.1 (23.2-27.1) | | 2004 | 31.7 (27.9-35.4) | 17.1 (14.6-19.5) | 23.7 (21.5-25.9) | | 2005 | 28.6 (25.7-31.4) | 17.3 (15.3-19.2) | 22.3 (20.7-24.0) | | 2006 | 33.6 (30.0-37.1) | 18.6 (16.1-21.0) | 25.4 (23.2-27.5) | | 2007 | 29.6 (26.0-33.1) | 15.4 (13.3-17.6) | 21.7 (19.7-23.7) | | Had a faecal occult blood test in the last 5 years | 2004 | 17.4 (14.4-20.4) | 13.5 (11.2-15.7) | 15.2 (13.4-17.1) | | 2007 | 31.8 (28.2-35.5) | 25.8 (23.1-28.4) | 28.5 (26.3-30.7) | | Had a faecal occult blood test in the last 12 months | 2004 | 10.2 (7.7-12.8) | 7.3 (5.6-9.0) | 8.6 (7.2-10.1) | | 2007 | 19.7 (16.6-22.8) | 14.8 (12.6-16.9) | 17.0 (15.1-18.8) | | Vaccinated against influenza in the last 12 months | 1997 | 55.7 (52.3-59.2) | 58.1 (55.3-61.0) | 57.1 (54.9-59.3) | | 1998 | 61.9 (58.4-65.3) | 64.5 (61.9-67.2) | 63.3 (61.2-65.5) | | 2002 | 74.6 (71.6-77.6) | 75.8 (73.3-78.2) | 75.2 (73.3-77.1) | | 2003 | 76.3 (73.2-79.3) | 75.9 (73.5-78.3) | 76.0 (74.1-77.9) | | 2004 | 76.1 (72.6-79.5) | 75.5 (72.7-78.4) | 75.8 (73.6-78.0) | | 2005 | 75.3 (72.6-78.1) | 74.5 (72.2-76.8) | 74.9 (73.1-76.7) | | 2006 | 73.8 (70.5-77.1) | 75.9 (73.3-78.4) | 75.0 (72.9-77.0) | | 2007 | 71.1 (67.6-74.7) | 74.2 (71.5-76.9) | 72.8 (70.6-75.0) | | Vaccinated against pneumococcal disease in the last 5 years | 2002 | 36.0 (32.6-39.4) | 40.9 (38.0-43.7) | 38.6 (36.4-40.8) | | 2003 | 45.5 (42.0-49.1) | 48.6 (45.8-51.5) | 47.1 (44.9-49.4) | | 2004 | 43.4 (39.2-47.5) | 50.3 (46.9-53.6) | 47.2 (44.6-49.8) | | 2005 | 51.0 (47.8-54.3) | 56.5 (53.9-59.1) | 54.1 (52.0-56.1) | | 2006 | 60.0 (56.3-63.8) | 61.6 (58.6-64.6) | 60.9 (58.5-63.2) | | 2007 | 56.7 (52.7-60.7) | 61.1 (58.1-64.1) | 59.1 (56.7-61.6) | | Homes with a smoke alarm or detector | 1997 | - | - | 57.3 (55.1-59.6) | | 1998 | - | - | 64.5 (62.3-66.6) | | 2002 | - | - | 73.1 (71.1-75.2) | | 2003 | - | - | 73.6 (71.6-75.6) | | 2004 | - | - | 69.5 (67.0-72.0) | | 2005 | - | - | 74.5 (72.6-76.3) | | 2006 | - | - | 87.6 (86.0-89.3) | | 2007 | - | - | 94.7 (93.6-95.7) | | Recommended fruit consumption | 1997 | 46.7 (43.2-50.1) | 61.9 (59.1-64.7) | 55.2 (53.0-57.4) | | 1998 | 45.3 (41.8-48.8) | 60.5 (57.7-63.3) | 53.8 (51.6-56.0) | | 2002 | 50.3 (46.8-53.8) | 62.5 (59.6-65.4) | 56.9 (54.7-59.2) | | 2003 | 50.0 (46.5-53.6) | 63.7 (60.9-66.4) | 57.8 (55.6-60.0) | | 2004 | 49.6 (45.5-53.7) | 62.6 (59.3-65.8) | 56.7 (54.1-59.3) | | 2005 | 57.1 (53.9-60.2) | 68.7 (66.3-71.1) | 63.5 (61.5-65.4) | | 2006 | 52.4 (48.7-56.2) | 68.8 (66.0-71.7) | 61.4 (59.0-63.7) | | 2007 | 55.0 (51.2-58.9) | 68.7 (65.9-71.5) | 62.6 (60.2-64.9) | | Recommended vegetable consumption | 1997 | 10.1 (7.8-12.3) | 9.7 (8.2-11.3) | 9.9 (8.6-11.2) | | 1998 | 9.0 (7.1-10.9) | 8.1 (6.6-9.6) | 8.5 (7.3-9.7) | | 2002 | 8.0 (6.3-9.8) | 10.8 (9.1-12.5) | 9.5 (8.3-10.8) | | 2003 | 10.0 (8.1-11.9) | 12.1 (10.3-13.9) | 11.2 (9.9-12.5) | | 2004 | 9.0 (6.5-11.4) | 12.2 (10.0-14.4) | 10.8 (9.1-12.4) | | 2005 | 7.0 (5.4-8.7) | 13.7 (12.0-15.5) | 10.7 (9.5-11.9) | | 2006 | 8.8 (6.7-10.8) | 16.9 (14.5-19.3) | 13.2 (11.6-14.8) | | 2007 | 9.7 (7.5-12.0) | 16.2 (14.0-18.3) | 13.3 (11.7-14.8) | | Usual use of low fat milks | 1997 | 47.5 (43.8-51.1) | 60.5 (57.6-63.4) | 54.8 (52.5-57.1) | | 1998 | 49.9 (46.3-53.5) | 56.6 (53.8-59.4) | 53.7 (51.5-55.9) | | 2002 | 46.7 (43.2-50.2) | 60.7 (57.8-63.7) | 54.3 (52.0-56.6) | | 2003 | 48.2 (44.7-51.8) | 57.5 (54.6-60.3) | 53.4 (51.2-55.7) | | 2004 | 47.1 (43.0-51.2) | 55.2 (51.9-58.5) | 51.6 (49.0-54.2) | | 2005 | 48.3 (45.1-51.5) | 56.5 (53.9-59.1) | 52.8 (50.8-54.8) | | 2006 | 51.8 (48.0-55.5) | 60.4 (57.4-63.4) | 56.5 (54.1-58.8) | | 2007 | 46.1 (42.3-50.0) | 59.2 (56.2-62.2) | 53.3 (50.9-55.7) | | Eating potato crisps or salty snacks less than once a month | 2005 | 71.6 (67.4-75.8) | 76.5 (73.3-79.7) | 74.3 (71.7-76.9) | | 2006 | 70.5 (67.0-74.0) | 79.4 (77.0-81.9) | 75.4 (73.3-77.5) | | 2007 | 70.1 (66.4-73.7) | 77.9 (75.4-80.4) | 74.4 (72.3-76.6) | | Eating breads and cereals once a day or more | 2002 | 99.4 (98.9-99.9) | 97.7 (96.1-99.4) | 98.5 (97.6-99.4) | | 2003 | 98.5 (97.7-99.4) | 97.9 (97.0-98.9) | 98.2 (97.6-98.9) | | 2004 | 98.4 (97.3-99.5) | 97.4 (96.5-98.3) | 97.9 (97.1-98.6) | | 2005 | 97.0 (96.0-98.0) | 96.8 (95.9-97.8) | 96.9 (96.2-97.6) | | 2006 | 97.8 (96.6-99.1) | 97.7 (96.8-98.6) | 97.8 (97.0-98.5) | | 2007 | 97.8 (96.7-98.9) | 97.2 (96.2-98.3) | 97.5 (96.7-98.3) | | Eating processed meat products less than 3 times a week | 1997 | 81.3 (78.7-84.0) | 92.0 (90.4-93.6) | 87.3 (85.8-88.8) | | 2002 | 80.6 (78.0-83.2) | 87.5 (85.5-89.5) | 84.4 (82.7-86.0) | | 2003 | 82.8 (80.2-85.4) | 88.8 (86.9-90.7) | 86.1 (84.6-87.7) | | 2004 | 83.3 (80.4-86.2) | 87.6 (85.4-89.8) | 85.6 (83.9-87.4) | | 2005 | 82.3 (79.9-84.6) | 89.1 (87.4-90.8) | 86.0 (84.6-87.4) | | 2006 | 83.4 (80.7-86.2) | 86.7 (84.5-88.9) | 85.2 (83.5-87.0) | | 2007 | 82.0 (79.0-85.0) | 90.1 (88.3-91.8) | 86.5 (84.8-88.1) | | Current smoking | 1997 | 11.2 (8.9-13.4) | 7.7 (6.3-9.1) | 9.2 (8.0-10.5) | | 1998 | 11.1 (8.7-13.5) | 8.0 (6.5-9.5) | 9.4 (8.0-10.7) | | 2002 | 8.1 (6.3-9.8) | 6.7 (5.4-8.1) | 7.3 (6.3-8.4) | | 2003 | 9.5 (7.2-11.8) | 5.8 (4.6-7.1) | 7.5 (6.3-8.8) | | 2004 | 8.5 (6.6-10.5) | 6.1 (4.6-7.7) | 7.2 (6.0-8.4) | | 2005 | 7.8 (6.0-9.5) | 5.4 (4.4-6.5) | 6.5 (5.5-7.4) | | 2006 | 6.7 (4.9-8.5) | 6.1 (4.7-7.5) | 6.4 (5.3-7.5) | | 2007 | 8.4 (6.2-10.6) | 6.1 (4.7-7.4) | 7.1 (5.9-8.3) | | Smoke-free households | 1997 | - | - | 78.2 (76.4-80.0) | | 1998 | - | - | 79.7 (78.0-81.5) | | 2002 | - | - | 85.4 (83.7-87.1) | | 2003 | - | - | 86.8 (85.2-88.3) | | 2004 | - | - | 88.7 (87.1-90.4) | | 2005 | - | - | 90.5 (89.3-91.7) | | 2006 | - | - | 92.6 (91.4-93.8) | | 2007 | - | - | 91.9 (90.6-93.2) | | Smoke-free cars | 2003 | - | - | 86.4 (84.8-88.1) | | 2004 | - | - | 89.2 (87.4-91.0) | | 2005 | - | - | 89.9 (88.5-91.2) | | 2006 | - | - | 92.4 (91.1-93.7) | | 2007 | - | - | 92.9 (91.6-94.3) |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. | | Print version: | Although this page can be printed directly from your web browser, a higher quality version is available as a PDF file that can be printed or viewed on screen. | | Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. | | Last updated on: | 1 July 2008 |
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