Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

Findings and trends of the Scottish Health Survey 2015, providing information on the health of people living in Scotland.

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Table 6.2 Adult fruit and vegetable consumption, 2015, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over 2015
Portions per day Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
  % % % % % % % %
Men
None 22 12 13 15 12 10 7 13
Less than 1 portion 4 9 5 5 4 7 4 5
1 portion or more but less than 2 23 17 18 18 21 14 18 18
2 portions or more but less than 3 14 18 19 18 17 14 19 17
3 portions or more but less than 4 12 16 15 15 16 21 18 16
4 portions or more but less than 5 11 9 13 9 9 11 10 10
5 portions or more 13 18 18 20 22 23 25 19
Mean 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.0
Standard error of the mean 0.22 0.18 0.16 0.14 0.16 0.14 0.16 0.07
Median 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.5
Women
None 15 11 9 7 9 6 5 9
Less than 1 portion 2 7 3 6 4 4 6 4
1 portion or more but less than 2 22 14 15 20 13 12 18 17
2 portions or more but less than 3 18 17 20 18 19 17 18 18
3 portions or more but less than 4 13 16 12 15 14 22 21 16
4 portions or more but less than 5 13 14 18 12 13 12 17 14
5 portions or more 16 21 24 22 28 26 15 22
Mean 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.3
Standard error of the mean 0.23 0.15 0.15 0.12 0.14 0.13 0.14 0.07
Median 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.0
All adults
None 18 12 11 11 11 8 6 11
Less than 1 portion 3 8 4 5 4 5 5 5
1 portion or more but less than 2 23 15 16 19 17 13 18 17
2 portions or more but less than 3 16 18 19 18 18 16 18 18
3 portions or more but less than 4 13 16 13 15 15 21 20 16
4 portions or more but less than 5 12 12 15 11 11 12 14 12
5 portions or more 15 20 21 21 25 25 19 21
Mean 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.1
Standard error of the mean 0.16 0.13 0.12 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.06
Median 2.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.7
Bases (weighted):
Men 339 385 372 445 375 288 190 2395
Women 333 405 397 473 394 321 274 2597
All adults 672 790 769 918 770 610 464 4992
Bases (unweighted):
Men 194 241 313 406 410 400 280 2244
Women 211 348 392 487 489 461 362 2750
All adults 405 589 705 893 899 861 642 4994

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