Conclusion : Health behaviours
| Indicator | Year | Males (95% CI) | Females (95% CI) | Person (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk alcohol drinking | 1997 | 50.6 (49.1-52.0) | 34.3 (33.1-35.6) | 42.3 (41.3-43.3) |
| 1998 | 50.4 (48.8-52.0) | 36.3 (35.0-37.6) | 43.2 (42.2-44.2) | |
| 2002 | 39.3 (37.3-41.2) | 30.2 (28.6-31.8) | 34.7 (33.4-35.9) | |
| 2003 | 41.5 (39.5-43.4) | 30.2 (28.8-31.7) | 35.6 (34.4-36.8) | |
| 2004 | 40.5 (38.1-42.8) | 30.3 (28.5-32.1) | 35.3 (33.8-36.8) | |
| 2005 | 37.2 (35.3-39.2) | 27.3 (25.8-28.7) | 32.1 (30.9-33.3) | |
| 2006 | 37.3 (35.0-39.6) | 28.4 (26.7-30.2) | 32.8 (31.4-34.2) | |
| High risk alcohol drinking | 2002 | 16.8 (15.1-18.5) | 12.1 (10.7-13.6) | 14.7 (13.5-15.8) |
| 2003 | 17.8 (16.1-19.5) | 10.8 (9.6-12.0) | 14.5 (13.5-15.6) | |
| 2004 | 15.6 (13.7-17.5) | 10.9 (9.3-12.4) | 13.5 (12.2-14.7) | |
| 2005 | 13.2 (11.7-14.7) | 7.1 (6.2-8.0) | 10.1 (9.2-10.9) | |
| 2006 | 12.3 (10.7-13.9) | 6.4 (5.4-7.5) | 9.4 (8.4-10.3) | |
| Screening mammogram within the last 2 years | 1997 | 73.3 (70.9-75.7) | 73.3 (70.9-75.7) | |
| 1998 | 76.4 (74.1-78.7) | 76.4 (74.1-78.7) | ||
| 2002 | 75.2 (72.6-77.8) | 75.2 (72.6-77.8) | ||
| 2004 | 74.4 (71.4-77.4) | 74.4 (71.4-77.4) | ||
| 2006 | 76.2 (73.4-79.0) | 76.2 (73.4-79.0) | ||
| Pap test within the last 2 years | 1998 | 77.3 (75.9-78.7) | 77.3 (75.9-78.7) | |
| 2002 | 74.7 (72.9-76.4) | 74.7 (72.9-76.4) | ||
| 2004 | 72.8 (70.6-75.0) | 72.8 (70.6-75.0) | ||
| 2006 | 72.8 (70.6-74.9) | 72.8 (70.6-74.9) | ||
| Hysterectomy | 1997 | 13.3 (12.4-14.2) | 13.3 (12.4-14.2) | |
| 1998 | 13.1 (12.2-14.0) | 13.1 (12.2-14.0) | ||
| 2002 | 12.2 (11.2-13.2) | 12.2 (11.2-13.2) | ||
| 2004 | 11.9 (10.7-13.1) | 11.9 (10.7-13.1) | ||
| 2006 | 12.6 (11.4-13.7) | 12.6 (11.4-13.7) | ||
| Use public water as usual source of water | 2002 | 80.9 (79.3-82.5) | ||
| 2003 | 81.2 (80.3-82.1) | |||
| 2005 | 78.8 (77.8-79.8) | |||
| 2006 | 81.7 (80.6-82.8) | |||
| Exposure to unflued heating | 2002 | 20.7 (17.4-23.9) | 24.2 (21.6-26.8) | 22.7 (20.7-24.7) |
| 2006 | 19.4 (17.5-21.3) | 19.3 (17.8-20.8) | 19.4 (18.1-20.6) | |
| Hand washing with soap when preparing raw meat | 2003 | 56.2 (54.0-58.3) | 64.3 (62.8-65.8) | 60.7 (59.4-62.0) |
| 2006 | 61.4 (58.9-63.9) | 70.8 (69.0-72.5) | 66.5 (65.1-68.0) | |
| Vaccinated against influenza in the last 12 months | 1997 | 32.1 (30.0-34.3) | 36.8 (34.9-38.8) | 34.6 (33.2-36.0) |
| 1998 | 36.8 (34.5-39.0) | 43.6 (41.6-45.6) | 40.3 (38.9-41.8) | |
| 2002 | 43.4 (41.0-45.9) | 49.8 (47.6-51.9) | 46.7 (45.1-48.3) | |
| 2003 | 46.2 (43.6-48.7) | 53.0 (50.9-55.2) | 49.8 (48.2-51.5) | |
| 2004 | 46.0 (43.0-49.0) | 51.8 (49.4-54.2) | 49.0 (47.1-50.9) | |
| 2005 | 46.6 (44.2-49.1) | 50.6 (48.6-52.5) | 48.7 (47.1-50.2) | |
| 2006 | 44.2 (41.5-46.9) | 51.5 (49.2-53.7) | 48.0 (46.2-49.7) | |
| Vaccinated against influenza in the last 12 months | 1997 | 55.7 (52.3-59.2) | 58.1 (55.3-61.0) | 57.1 (54.9-59.3) |
| 1998 | 61.9 (58.4-65.3) | 64.5 (61.9-67.2) | 63.3 (61.2-65.5) | |
| 2002 | 74.6 (71.6-77.6) | 75.8 (73.3-78.2) | 75.2 (73.3-77.1) | |
| 2003 | 76.3 (73.2-79.3) | 75.9 (73.5-78.3) | 76.0 (74.1-77.9) | |
| 2004 | 76.1 (72.6-79.5) | 75.5 (72.7-78.4) | 75.8 (73.6-78.0) | |
| 2005 | 75.3 (72.6-78.1) | 74.5 (72.2-76.8) | 74.9 (73.1-76.7) | |
| 2006 | 73.8 (70.5-77.1) | 75.9 (73.3-78.4) | 75.0 (72.9-77.0) | |
| Vaccinated against pneumococcal disease in the last 5 years | 2002 | 17.4 (15.6-19.2) | 20.9 (19.3-22.6) | 19.2 (18.0-20.5) |
| 2003 | 21.4 (19.4-23.5) | 26.0 (24.2-27.8) | 23.9 (22.5-25.2) | |
| 2004 | 20.2 (18.0-22.5) | 27.3 (25.2-29.4) | 23.9 (22.4-25.5) | |
| 2005 | 24.5 (22.5-26.4) | 30.7 (29.0-32.5) | 27.7 (26.4-29.0) | |
| 2006 | 30.2 (27.7-32.6) | 33.9 (31.8-36.0) | 32.1 (30.5-33.7) | |
| Vaccinated against pneumococcal disease in the last 5 years | 2002 | 36.0 (32.6-39.4) | 40.9 (38.0-43.7) | 38.6 (36.4-40.8) |
| 2003 | 45.5 (42.0-49.1) | 48.6 (45.8-51.5) | 47.1 (44.9-49.4) | |
| 2004 | 43.4 (39.2-47.5) | 50.3 (46.9-53.6) | 47.2 (44.6-49.8) | |
| 2005 | 51.0 (47.8-54.3) | 56.5 (53.9-59.1) | 54.1 (52.0-56.1) | |
| 2006 | 60.0 (56.3-63.8) | 61.6 (58.6-64.6) | 60.9 (58.5-63.2) | |
| Vaccinated against meningococcal C disease in the last year | 2005 | 55.7 (47.4-64.0) | 68.7 (61.4-76.1) | 62.5 (56.9-68.2) |
| 2006 | 76.4 (69.0-83.8) | 67.3 (58.1-76.4) | 72.0 (66.1-77.9) | |
| Homes with a smoke alarm or detector | 1997 | 58.2 (57.3-59.2) | ||
| 1998 | 64.0 (63.0-65.0) | |||
| 2002 | 73.0 (71.9-74.1) | |||
| 2003 | 72.8 (71.7-73.9) | |||
| 2004 | 71.5 (70.1-72.9) | |||
| 2005 | 76.9 (75.8-78.0) | |||
| 2006 | 86.9 (85.8-87.9) | |||
| Fire in home which activated smoke alarm | 1998 | 2.4 (2.0-2.8) | ||
| 2002 | 3.4 (2.9-4.0) | |||
| 2006 | 0.7 (0.5-1.0) | |||
| Swimming, fishing, rock fishing, snorkelling or scuba diving in last 4 weeks | 2005 | 29.6 (27.7-31.5) | 23.7 (22.2-25.1) | 26.6 (25.4-27.8) |
| 2006 | 27.2 (25.0-29.3) | 18.5 (16.9-20.0) | 22.8 (21.4-24.1) | |
| 2006 | 27.2 (25.0-29.3) | 18.5 (16.9-20.0) | 22.8 (21.4-24.1) | |
| Very good or good swimming ability | 2006 | 61.0 (56.4-65.6) | 47.1 (42.4-51.9) | 55.3 (51.9-58.7) |
| Recommended fruit consumption | 1997 | 39.7 (38.3-41.1) | 52.4 (51.1-53.7) | 46.1 (45.2-47.1) |
| 1998 | 39.5 (38.0-41.0) | 50.9 (49.5-52.2) | 45.3 (44.3-46.3) | |
| 2002 | 41.4 (39.4-43.3) | 51.2 (49.5-52.9) | 46.3 (45.0-47.6) | |
| 2003 | 40.1 (38.2-42.0) | 54.5 (53.0-56.1) | 47.4 (46.2-48.6) | |
| 2004 | 40.6 (38.3-43.0) | 53.4 (51.5-55.4) | 47.1 (45.6-48.6) | |
| 2005 | 44.6 (42.6-46.5) | 57.5 (55.9-59.1) | 51.2 (49.9-52.4) | |
| 2006 | 47.0 (44.7-49.3) | 59.6 (57.7-61.5) | 53.4 (51.9-54.9) | |
| Knowledge of recommended fruit serves | 2006 | 79.1 (77.0-81.2) | 90.3 (89.1-91.5) | 85.0 (83.8-86.2) |
| Recommended vegetable consumption | 1997 | 8.0 (7.3-8.8) | 9.7 (8.9-10.5) | 8.9 (8.3-9.4) |
| 1998 | 7.1 (6.4-7.9) | 8.6 (7.8-9.3) | 7.9 (7.3-8.4) | |
| 2002 | 5.8 (4.9-6.6) | 9.1 (8.3-10.0) | 7.5 (6.9-8.1) | |
| 2003 | 8.1 (7.1-9.1) | 11.4 (10.4-12.4) | 9.8 (9.1-10.5) | |
| 2004 | 6.0 (5.0-7.0) | 10.3 (9.1-11.4) | 8.2 (7.4-8.9) | |
| 2005 | 4.7 (3.9-5.4) | 10.1 (9.2-10.9) | 7.4 (6.8-8.0) | |
| 2006 | 6.4 (5.3-7.5) | 12.4 (11.3-13.6) | 9.4 (8.7-10.2) | |
| Three serves or more of vegetables a day | 1997 | 28.4 (27.1-29.7) | 39.4 (38.1-40.6) | 34.0 (33.0-34.9) |
| 1998 | 29.3 (27.9-30.7) | 38.2 (36.9-39.5) | 33.8 (32.9-34.7) | |
| 2002 | 31.5 (29.7-33.3) | 43.8 (42.1-45.4) | 37.7 (36.5-38.9) | |
| 2003 | 36.4 (34.5-38.2) | 47.4 (45.8-48.9) | 42.0 (40.8-43.2) | |
| 2004 | 27.0 (25.0-29.1) | 42.8 (40.9-44.7) | 35.0 (33.6-36.5) | |
| 2005 | 26.0 (24.3-27.7) | 45.8 (44.2-47.4) | 36.1 (34.9-37.3) | |
| 2006 | 30.9 (28.8-33.0) | 50.8 (48.9-52.7) | 40.9 (39.4-42.3) | |
| Knowledge of recommended vegetable serves | 2006 | 16.5 (14.6-18.5) | 37.2 (35.2-39.1) | 27.4 (26.0-28.8) |
| Usual use of lower fat milks | 1997 | 37.2 (35.8-38.6) | 53.6 (52.3-55.0) | 45.5 (44.6-46.5) |
| 1998 | 38.6 (37.0-40.1) | 52.3 (50.9-53.6) | 45.5 (44.5-46.5) | |
| 2002 | 35.6 (33.7-37.4) | 50.6 (48.9-52.3) | 43.2 (41.9-44.4) | |
| 2003 | 37.2 (35.4-39.1) | 50.9 (49.3-52.4) | 44.2 (42.9-45.4) | |
| 2004 | 38.8 (36.4-41.1) | 53.2 (51.3-55.1) | 46.1 (44.6-47.6) | |
| 2005 | 37.4 (35.5-39.2) | 50.4 (48.8-52.0) | 44.0 (42.7-45.2) | |
| 2006 | 40.7 (38.5-43.0) | 53.9 (52.0-55.8) | 47.3 (45.9-48.8) | |
| Food insecurity in the last 12 months | 2002 | 5.3 (4.4-6.1) | 6.1 (5.3-6.9) | 5.7 (5.1-6.3) |
| 2003 | 5.3 (4.4-6.1) | 6.8 (6.0-7.5) | 6.1 (5.5-6.6) | |
| 2004 | 5.3 (4.3-6.3) | 6.2 (5.2-7.2) | 5.7 (5.0-6.4) | |
| 2005 | 4.0 (3.2-4.8) | 6.5 (5.7-7.4) | 5.3 (4.7-5.9) | |
| 2006 | 5.2 (4.1-6.3) | 6.0 (5.1-6.9) | 5.6 (4.9-6.3) | |
| Adequate physical activity | 1998 | 52.5 (51.0-54.0) | 43.4 (42.1-44.7) | 47.9 (46.9-48.9) |
| 2002 | 51.0 (49.1-53.0) | 43.4 (41.8-45.1) | 47.2 (45.9-48.5) | |
| 2003 | 49.5 (47.6-51.5) | 40.4 (38.9-42.0) | 44.7 (43.5-46.0) | |
| 2004 | 57.0 (54.7-59.3) | 47.9 (46.0-49.8) | 52.4 (50.9-53.9) | |
| 2005 | 56.6 (54.6-58.5) | 47.3 (45.7-49.0) | 51.9 (50.6-53.1) | |
| 2006 | 60.4 (58.1-62.7) | 49.6 (47.6-51.5) | 54.9 (53.4-56.4) | |
| Weekly or more use of any neighbourhood facilities | 2006 | 49.4 (44.5-54.3) | 45.8 (41.6-50.0) | 47.7 (44.4-50.9) |
| Current smoking | 1997 | 27.1 (25.8-28.4) | 21.1 (20.0-22.1) | 24.0 (23.2-24.9) |
| 1998 | 26.2 (24.8-27.5) | 21.3 (20.2-22.4) | 23.7 (22.8-24.6) | |
| 2002 | 23.9 (22.2-25.6) | 19.2 (17.9-20.5) | 21.5 (20.5-22.6) | |
| 2003 | 24.7 (23.0-26.4) | 19.7 (18.5-21.0) | 22.3 (21.2-23.3) | |
| 2004 | 22.5 (20.5-24.5) | 19.3 (17.8-20.8) | 20.9 (19.6-22.1) | |
| 2005 | 22.6 (20.9-24.3) | 17.6 (16.3-18.8) | 20.1 (19.0-21.1) | |
| 2006 | 19.2 (17.3-21.1) | 16.2 (14.8-17.7) | 17.7 (16.5-18.9) | |
| Daily smoking | 2002 | 18.5 (17.0-20.0) | 14.3 (13.1-15.5) | 16.4 (15.4-17.3) |
| 2003 | 19.7 (18.1-21.3) | 15.7 (14.6-16.9) | 17.8 (16.8-18.7) | |
| 2004 | 17.3 (15.6-19.1) | 15.4 (14.0-16.8) | 16.3 (15.2-17.5) | |
| 2005 | 17.5 (16.0-19.0) | 14.1 (13.0-15.3) | 15.8 (14.8-16.7) | |
| 2006 | 15.0 (13.3-16.7) | 12.9 (11.6-14.2) | 13.9 (12.8-15.0) | |
| Doctor advised to quit smoking | 2005 | 42.0 (37.4-46.6) | 46.9 (42.6-51.3) | 44.2 (41.0-47.4) |
| 2006 | 45.7 (40.1-51.3) | 51.6 (46.7-56.5) | 48.4 (44.7-52.2) | |
| Smoke-free households | 1997 | 69.7 (68.8-70.6) | ||
| 1998 | 73.1 (72.3-74.0) | |||
| 2002 | 80.8 (79.8-81.8) | |||
| 2003 | 82.6 (81.7-83.5) | |||
| 2004 | 84.2 (83.2-85.3) | |||
| 2005 | 86.1 (85.2-87.0) | |||
| 2006 | 87.7 (86.7-88.6) | |||
| Smoke-free cars | 2003 | 81.2 (80.2-82.2) | ||
| 2004 | 84.3 (83.1-85.5) | |||
| 2005 | 84.8 (83.9-85.8) | |||
| 2006 | 87.7 (86.6-88.7) | |||
| More likely to attend hotels and licensed bars if smoking banned | 2003 | 23.1 (21.5-24.8) | 25.5 (24.1-26.9) | 24.2 (23.2-25.3) |
| 2005 | 32.5 (30.6-34.4) | 38.0 (36.4-39.6) | 35.3 (34.0-36.5) | |
| 2006 | 33.3 (31.1-35.5) | 36.7 (34.9-38.6) | 35.0 (33.6-36.5) | |
| Less likely to attend hotels and licensed bars if smoking banned | 2003 | 10.5 (9.4-11.7) | 8.9 (8.0-9.9) | 9.8 (9.0-10.5) |
| 2005 | 8.3 (7.1-9.4) | 6.7 (5.8-7.6) | 7.5 (6.7-8.2) | |
| 2006 | 7.5 (6.2-8.8) | 5.6 (4.7-6.5) | 6.6 (5.8-7.4) | |
| More likely to frequent outdoor dining areas if smoking banned | 2006 | 36.0 (33.7-38.3) | 40.4 (38.5-42.2) | 38.2 (36.7-39.7) |
| Less likely to frequent outdoor dining areas if smoking banned | 2006 | 7.1 (5.8-8.3) | 5.7 (4.7-6.6) | 6.3 (5.6-7.1) |
| 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 |