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Table 5 Unadjusted prevalence of multiple risk factors* by age, sex and socio-economic status, 2004 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

No risk factors (0/8)

       

Overall

11.3 (10.6-12.0)

13.1 (12.3-13.9)

13.6 (12.8-14.6)

13.2 (12.4-14.1)

14.0 (13.0-15.1)

23.9 (2.7)

<0.001

Sex

Males

10.3 (9.3-11.4)

11.4 (10.3-12.6)

12.1 (10.9-13.5)

11.4 (10.3-12.7)

11.3 (10.0-12.7)

9.7 (1.0)

0.287

Females

12.2 (11.3-13.3)

14.8 (13.7-15.9)

15.1 (13.9-16.4)

15.0 (13.8-16.3)

16.7 (15.3-18.3)

36.9 (4.5)

<0.001

Age (y)

18 - 39

15.0 (13.5-16.5)

16.6 (15.0-18.4)

19.5 (17.5-21.6)

18.3 (16.5-20.3)

20.6 (18.3-23.1)

37.3 (5.6)

<0.001

40 - 64

10.8 (9.8-11.8)

13.1 (12.1-14.2)

11.9 (11.0-13.0)

12.5 (11.3-13.8)

12.5 (11.2-13.8)

15.7 (1.7)

0.137

65 and over

5.2 (4.5-6.1)

6.1 (5.2-7.0)

6.4 (5.6-7.2)

5.7 (5.0-6.4)

6.3 (5.6-7.1)

21.2 (1.1)

0.148

SES

Low/lowest quintile

8.6 (7.6-9.7)

9.7 (8.6-10.9)

10.2 (9.0-11.6)

10.2 (9.0-11.6)

10.1 (8.7-11.7)

17.4 (1.5)

0.080

Middle quintile

9.9 (8.5-11.5)

13.1 (11.4-14.9)

11.1 (9.5-13.0)

12.8 (10.9-15.0)

13.5 (11.4-15.8)

36.4 (3.6)

0.020

High/highest quintile

14.1 (10.6-12.0)

15.9 (14.6-17.3)

17.7 (16.1-19.3)

16.0 (14.6-17.4)

17.8 (16.1-19.5)

26.2 (3.7)

0.020

Multiple risk factors (?2/8)

       

Overall

62.4 (61.3-63.4)

61.4 (60.3-62.6)

59.3 (58.1-60.5)

60.3 (59.0-61.5)

59.8 (58.3-61.2)

-4.2 (-2.6)

<0.001

Sex

Males

64.3 (62.7-65.9)

64.5 (62.8-66.3)

61.3 (59.4-63.1)

62.3 (60.4-64.1)

63.4 (61.3-65.6)

-1.4 (-0.9)

0.062

Females

60.4 (59.0-61.9)

58.3 (56.8-59.9)

57.3 (55.7-58.9)

58.3 (56.7-59.9)

56.2 (54.3-58.0)

-7.0 (-4.2)

<0.001

Age (y)

18 - 39

53.3 (51.2-55.5)

51.3 (48.9-53.7)

47.5 (44.9-50.1)

46.7 (44.2-49.3)

44.2 (41.0-47.4)

-17.1 (-9.1)

<0.001

40 - 64

63.7 (62.2-65.2)

63.5 (61.9-65.0)

62.1 (60.6-63.6)

63.9 (62.2-65.6)

64.3 (62.5-66.2)

0.9 (0.6)

0.446

65 and over

76.8 (75.3-78.3)

76.7 (75.2-78.2)

75.3 (73.8-76.7)

76.5 (75.2-77.8)

76.2 (74.9-77.5)

-0.8 (-0.6)

0.660

SES

Low/lowest quintile

68.3 (66.6-70.1)

67.7 (65.8-69.6)

66.0 (64.1-68.0)

68.2 (66.3-70.1)

66.1 (63.8-68.5)

-3.2 (-2.2)

0.107

Middle quintile

63.1 (60.7-65.5)

62.5 (60.0-65.0)

63.2 (60.6-65.8)

61.0 (58.2-63.7)

60.8 (57.7-63.9)

-3.6 (-2.3)

0.062

High/highest quintile

57.2 (55.5-58.9)

55.8 (53.9-57.6)

52.0 (50.1-53.9)

53.2 (51.3-55.0)

53.6 (51.4-55.8)

-6.3 (-3.6)

<0.001

  1. *Respondents who had at least two of the following eight lifestyle risk factors: insufficient physical activity, long-term alcohol consumption, current smoking, under-consumption of fruits and vegetables, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and obesity.