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Publication - Statistics

The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Published
25 September 2012
Part of
Health and social care
ISBN
9781780458410

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health

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Table 5.1 Adult fruit and vegetable consumption, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Portions per day Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
% % % % % % % %
Men
2003
None 15 13 13 8 8 6 8 11
5 portions or more 17 18 19 22 24 18 16 20
Mean 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.1 2.9 3
Standard error of the mean 0.15 0.14 0.11 0.13 0.11 0.09 0.13 0.06
Median 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.7
2008
None 15 10 13 9 10 7 6 10
5 portions or more 14 20 19 20 24 25 18 20
Mean 2.5 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.1
Standard error of the mean 0.17 0.16 0.24 0.11 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.07
Median 2.0 2.3 2.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7
2009
None 18 15 10 11 7 6 4 11
5 portions or more 16 21 21 22 26 25 23 22
Mean 2.6 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.1
Standard error of the mean 0.17 0.15 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.05
Median 2.0 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.8
2010
None 22 11 11 12 9 7 7 12
5 portions or more 16 21 19 20 21 25 22 20
Mean 2.6 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1
Standard error of the mean 0.17 0.13 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.15 0.06
Median 2.0 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.7
2011
None 16 14 8 10 9 6 3 10
Less than 1 portion 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 3
1 portion or more but less than 2 25 18 21 20 17 18 15 19
2 portions or more but less than 3 18 18 19 19 18 20 21 19
3 portions or more but less than 4 14 15 13 15 17 16 21 16
4 portions or more but less than 5 11 12 13 11 13 16 14 12
5 portions or more 11 22 22 22 23 21 22 20
Mean 2.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.1
Standard error of the mean 0.16 0.16 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.12 0.05
Median 2.0 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7
Women
2003
None 16 11 10 6 4 5 5 8
5 portions or more 18 24 21 27 27 18 18 22
Mean 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.2
Standard error of the mean 0.16 0.12 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.08 0.11 0.05
Median 2.0 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.3 2.7 2.7 3.0
2008
None 9 9 8 7 7 4 4 7
5 portions or more 15 26 22 29 29 26 17 24
Mean 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.4
Standard error of the mean 0.17 0.13 0.10 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.06
Median 2.2 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.8 3
2009
None 10 7 8 10 4 6 4 7
5 portions or more 19 25 23 23 30 27 26 25
Mean 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.4
Standard error of the mean 0.18 0.13 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.05
Median 2.3 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0
2010
None 16 10 9 8 7 5 5 9
5 portions or more 17 24 22 26 24 26 17 23
Mean 2.7 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.3
Standard error of the mean 0.14 0.14 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.05
Median 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
2011
None 18 8 7 7 6 4 6 8
Less than 1 portion 6 3 4 4 3 4 4 4
1 portion or more but less than 2 24 19 15 17 15 18 16 18
2 portions or more but less than 3 13 17 18 17 20 16 18 17
3 portions or more but less than 4 12 16 18 18 19 19 20 17
4 portions or more but less than 5 8 13 16 12 12 16 13 13
5 portions or more 19 24 22 25 25 22 22 23
Mean 2.7 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3
Standard error of the mean 0.20 0.12 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.05
Median 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.0
All adults
2003
None 15 12 11 7 6 5 6 9
5 portions or more 17 21 20 25 26 18 17 21
Mean 2.6 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.1
Standard error of the mean 0.12 0.10 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.07 0.09 0.05
Median 2.0 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.7
2008
None 12 10 10 8 8 6 5 9
5 portions or more 14 23 21 25 27 25 17 22
Mean 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.3
Standard error of the mean 0.13 0.11 0.13 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.05
Median 2.0 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.2 2.8 3.0
2009
None 14 11 9 10 5 6 4 9
5 portions or more 17 23 22 22 28 26 25 23
Mean 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3
Standard error of the mean 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.04
Median 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.0
2010
None 19 11 10 10 8 6 6 10
5 portions or more 17 23 21 23 23 25 19 22
Mean 2.6 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.2
Standard error of the mean 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.04
Median 2.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
2011
None 17 11 7 9 7 5 5 9
Less than 1 portion 5 3 4 3 3 4 4 4
1 portion or more but less than 2 24 18 18 18 16 18 16 18
2 portions or more but less than 3 16 17 19 18 19 18 19 18
3 portions or more but less than 4 13 16 15 17 18 18 21 17
4 portions or more but less than 5 10 12 14 12 12 16 14 13
5 portions or more 15 23 22 23 24 22 22 22
Mean 2.6 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2
Standard error of the mean 0.14 0.11 0.08 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.04
Median 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Bases (weighted):
Men 2003 580 610 761 670 569 406 260 3857
Men 2008 464 481 563 555 480 327 218 3087
Men 2009 536 568 634 649 563 387 259 3594
Men 2010 515 559 589 631 542 374 253 3465
Men 2011 535 583 613 655 564 390 266 3606
Women 2003 566 658 813 691 602 493 468 4291
Women 2008 444 487 616 591 504 383 350 3375
Women 2009 511 571 695 700 590 450 410 3926
Women 2010 494 557 644 681 571 432 396 3775
Women 2011 514 580 671 710 594 449 413 3931
All adults 2003 1142 1258 1568 1355 1169 897 726 8115
All adults 2008 908 968 1179 1146 983 710 568 6462
All adults 2009 1047 1138 1328 1349 1153 836 668 7520
All adults 2010 1009 1116 1233 1312 1114 806 649 7239
All adults 2011 1050 1163 1285 1365 1157 839 679 7537
Bases (unweighted):
Men 2003 336 455 733 616 633 510 327 3610
Men 2008 246 317 460 535 525 453 304 2840
Men 2009 271 406 550 602 575 517 362 3283
Men 2010 274 420 478 566 555 489 330 3112
Men 2011 307 399 516 598 600 511 344 3275
Women 2003 404 600 887 795 778 581 493 4538
Women 2008 333 451 648 632 632 515 410 3621
Women 2009 383 580 780 733 735 550 480 4241
Women 2010 373 566 681 762 701 574 470 4127
Women 2011 364 562 711 803 738 596 486 4260
All adults 2003 737 1048 1613 1404 1409 1088 817 8116
All adults 2008 579 768 1108 1167 1157 968 714 6461
All adults 2009 654 986 1330 1335 1310 1067 842 7524
All adults 2010 647 986 1159 1328 1256 1063 800 7239
All adults 2011 671 961 1227 1401 1338 1107 830 7535

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