Run into friends and acquaintances when shopping in local area by health area

Run into friends and acquaintances when shopping in local area by health area,
persons aged 16 years and over, NSW, 2006

Area	Males (95% CI)	Females (95% CI)	Persons (95% CI)
Sydney South West	71.3 (66.3-76.3)	78.6 (74.8-82.4)	75.0 (71.9-78.1)
South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra	74.7 (69.1-80.2)	82.8 (78.9-86.8)	78.7 (75.3-82.1)
Sydney West	71.0 (65.2-76.8)	78.4 (74.5-82.3)	74.7 (71.2-78.2)
Northern Sydney & Central Coast	78.8 (74.1-83.6)	81.3 (77.6-85.0)	80.1 (77.1-83.1)
Hunter & New England	86.3 (82.3-90.2)	89.2 (86.3-92.1)	87.8 (85.3-90.2)
North Coast	89.7 (86.6-92.8)	88.6 (85.6-91.7)	89.1 (87.0-91.3)
Greater Southern	88.3 (84.7-92.0)	91.0 (87.9-94.2)	89.7 (87.3-92.1)
Greater Western	92.1 (89.4-94.9)	93.6 (91.5-95.8)	92.9 (91.1-94.6)
Urban	73.9 (71.2-76.5)	80.3 (78.3-82.2)	77.1 (75.5-78.7)
Rural	88.4 (86.4-90.3)	90.1 (88.5-91.6)	89.2 (88.0-90.5)
NSW	78.2 (76.3-80.2)	83.2 (81.8-84.6)	80.8 (79.5-82.0)

Note:	Estimates are based on 7,935 respondents in NSW. For this indicator 27 (0.34%) were 'not stated' (Don't know or Refused) in NSW. The indicator includes those who run into friends and acquaintances when shopping in their local area at least some of the time. The question used was: When you go shopping in your local area how often are you likely to run into friends and acquaintances?
Source:	New South Wales Population Health Survey 2006 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
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Produced by:	Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on:	1 July 2007