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Table 2 Unadjusted prevalence of insufficient physical activity and unhealthy diet and smoking by age, sex and socio-economic status, 2014 to 2013

From: Ten-year trends in major lifestyle risk factors using an ongoing population surveillance system in Australia

  

Year; prevalence, % (95% CI)

Relative change % (absolute change)

Pvalue for trend

  

2004-2005

2006-2007

2008-2009

2010-2011

2012-2013

  

Insufficient physical activity

        

Overall

 

61.7 (60.6-62.7)

59.6 (58.5-60.8)

59.4 (58.2-60.6)

59.7 (58.5-60.9)

59.6 (58.2-60.9)

-3.4 (-2.1)

0.005

Sex

Males

59.4 (57.8-61.0)

58.2 (56.5-60.0)

57.7 (55.9-59.5)

58.1 (56.2-59.9)

58.1 (55.9-60.2)

-2.2 (-1.3)

0.174

Females

63.8 (62.4-65.2)

61.0 (59.5-62.4)

61.1 (59.5-62.6)

61.3 (59.7-62.8)

61.0 (59.3-62.7)

-4.4 (-2.8)

0.009

Age (y)

18 - 39

54.4 (52.3-56.5)

52.6 (50.3-54.9)

50.8 (48.2-53.3)

53.4 (50.9-55.9)

51.0 (47.9-54.1)

-6.3 (-3.4)

0.017

40 - 64

63.2 (61.7-64.7)

60.2 (58.7-61.7)

60.5 (58.9-62.0)

60.0 (58.3-61.6)

61.1 (59.3-62.9)

-3.3 (-2.1)

0.046

 

65 and over

72.2 (70.7-73.8)

71.6 (70.0-73.1)

73.0 (71.6-74.4)

70.4 (69.0-71.7)

70.3 (68.9-71.7)

-2.6 (-1.9)

0.097

SES

Low/lowest quintile

65.7 (64.0-67.4)

63.8 (62.0-65.6)

62.1 (60.1-64.0)

62.9 (61.0-64.9)

64.7 (62.5-67.0)

-1.5 (-1.0)

0.244

Middle quintile

61.5 (59.1-63.8)

61.3 (58.9-63.7)

63.9 (61.4-66.4)

61.1 (58.5-63.8)

57.8 (55.7-61.6)

-6.0 (-3.7)

0.074

High/highest quintile

58.6 (56.9-60.2)

55.3 (53.5-57.1)

55.1 (53.2-56.9)

56.3 (54.5-58.1)

55.5 (53.4-57.6)

-5.3 (-3.1)

0.022

Daily vegetable (<5 servings) and/or fruit (<2 servings) intake

        

Overall

 

54.5 (53.4-55.5)

54.1 (53.0-55.2)

49.8 (48.6-50.9)

51.2 (50.0-52.4)

51.5 (50.1-52.8)

-5.5 (-3.0)

<0.001

Sex

Males

60.9 (59.4-62.5)

61.3 (59.6-62.9)

55.3 (57.1-46.0)

58.0 (56.2-59.8)

60.0 (57.9-62.0)

-1.5 (-0.9)

0.015

Females

48.3 (46.9-49.7)

47.2 (45.8-48.7)

44.5 (50.9-55.9)

44.7 (43.2-46.2)

43.5 (41.7-45.1)

-9.9 (-4.8)

<0.001

Age (y)

18 - 39

60.9 (58.9-62.9)

58.8 (56.5-61.0)

53.4 (48.7-51.8)

54.6 (52.2-57.1)

53.0 (49.9-56.1)

-13.0 (-7.9)

<0.001

40 - 64

52.8 (51.3-54.3)

53.2 (51.7-54.8)

50.3 (40.4-43.5)

51.3 (49.7-53.0)

53.0 (51.2-54.8)

0.4 (0.2)

0.571

65 and over

45.9 (44.1-47.6)

47.3 (45.6-49.0)

41.9 (40.4-43.5)

44.6 (43.2-46.1)

45.6 (44.1-47.0)

-0.7 (-0.3)

0.352

SES

Low/lowest quintile

57.2 (55.4-58.9)

57.1 (55.3-59.0)

52.6 (50.7-54.6)

55.2 (53.2-57.1)

55.8 (53.6-58.1)

-2.4 (-1.4)

0.066

Middle quintile

54.9 (52.6-57.2)

53.3 (50.9-55.7)

51.5 (49.0-54.1)

52.2 (49.5-54.8)

53.6 (50.1-56.5)

-2.4 (-1.3)

0.263

High/highest quintile

52.1 (50.4-53.7)

52.0 (50.2-53.7)

46.5 (44.6-48.3)

47.1 (45.3-49.0)

46.5 (44.4-48.6)

-10.7 (-5.6)

<0.001

Smoking

        

Overall

 

19.4 (18.5-20.3)

17.8 (16.9-18.7)

15.5 (14.6-16.4)

15.4 (14.5-16.3)

13.4 (12.4-14.3)

-30.9 (-6.0)

<0.001

Sex

Males

21.5 (20.1-22.8)

20.8 (19.3-22.3)

17.5 (16.1-18.9)

17.7 (16.2-19.2)

16.2 (14.5-17.8)

-24.7 (-5.3)

<0.001

Females

17.4 (16.2-18.5)

14.9 (13.8-16.0)

13.6 (12.5-14.6)

13.2 (12.1-14.3)

10.7 (9.6-11.8)

-38.5 (-6.7)

<0.001

Age (y)

18 - 39

25.3 (23.4-27.2)

23.5 (21.5-25.5)

19.2 (17.3-21.2)

17.9 (16.0-19.9)

14.6 (12.5-16.7)

-42.3 (-10.7)

<0.001

40 - 64

19.7 (18.5-20.9)

18.0 (16.8-19.2)

16.5 (15.4-17.7)

17.9 (16.7-19.2)

15.8 (14.5-17.2)

-19.8 (-3.9)

<0.001

65 and over

7.2 (6.3-8.1)

6.6 (5.7-7.4)

6.3 (5.6-7.1)

5.2 (4.6-5.8)

5.9 (5.3-6.6)

-18.1 (-1.3)

0.018

SES

Low/lowest quintile

23.2 (21.6-24.8)

21.7 (20.1-23.3)

20.3 (18.7-22.0)

19.0 (17.4-20.7)

15.7 (14.1-17.3)

-32.3 (-7.5)

<0.001

Middle quintile

19.4 (17.5-21.4)

18.2 (16.1-20.3)

14.8 (13.0-16.7)

15.1 (13.1-17.1)

16.1 (13.6-18.6)

-17.0 (-3.3)

<0.001

High/highest quintile

16.2 (14.9-17.5)

14.3 (12.9-15.6)

11.7 (10.6-12.9)

12.3 (11.1-13.6)

9.9 (8.6-11.2)

-38.9 (-6.3)

<0.001