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3-3. Nutrition – Fruit intake

In 2018, under half (43.0%) of South Australians aged 18 years or more reported eating the recommended two or more serves of fruit per day¹.
The rate varies between the local health networks (LHNs) from 33.4% in the Flinders and Upper North LHN up to 47.5% in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu LHN¹.
There is no statistically significant difference between the rate reported by people that live in metropolitan Adelaide (43.1%) compared to Country SA residents (41.8%)¹.
No time series is available for this indicator due to a change in survey methods. In 2018, SA Health discontinued the South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System (SAMSS) and moved to the improved South Australian Population Health Survey (SAPHS). Results between the collections are not comparable.

Note: Data are weighted which can result in rounding discrepancies.

Data source: SA Health 2020

In 2018, the proportion of females in South Australia aged 18 years or more who reported eating two or more serves of fruit per day (45.6%) was statistically significantly higher than their male counterparts (39.9%)¹.
The proportion also varies with age¹.

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Note: Data are weighted which can result in rounding discrepancies.

Data source: SA Health 2020

In 2018, there was no statistically significant correlation between the proportion of people aged 18 years and over who report eating the recommended two or more serves of fruit per day and the socio-economic status of the area in which they live¹.

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Note: Data are weighted which can result in rounding discrepancies.

Data source: SA Health 2020

Data presented here is from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2017-18 National Health Survey and is not directly comparable to the information presented in 3-3-1 to 3-3-3 above which is sourced via the South Australian Population Health Survey.
The national survey finds less than half (47.5%, age standardised) of South Australian adults (ages 18 years or over) are consuming an adequate daily amount of fruit to ensure good nutrition (NHMRC 2013 guidelines)².
The South Australian rate is below the national average of 50.7% (age standardised). South Australia ranks second lowest of the states and territories, although there is little variation between the jurisdictions².

**Adequate daily fruit consumption to ensure good nutrition (aged 18+ years), 2017–18 (age standardised)**
State/Territory	%
Tasmania	45.7%
South Australia	47.5%
Australian Capital Territory	48.1%
Northern Territory	49.0%
Western Australia	50.5%
Queensland	50.6%
Victoria	51.1%
New South Wales	51.7%
Australia	50.7%

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Data source: ABS 2018

In 2017-18, 31.6% of Aboriginal people in South Australia aged 15 years and over reported consuming an adequate daily amount of fruit to ensure good nutrition (NHMRC 2013 guidelines)³.
This is 15.9 percentage points below the 47.5% recorded for all South Australians aged 15 years or more in the ABS 2017-18 National Health Survey (see 3-3-4 above)².
South Australia's proportion of Aboriginal people who consume an adequate daily amount of fruit is also below the national average for Aboriginal people (39.4%)³.

**Adequate daily fruit consumption to ensure good nutrition - Aboriginal people (aged 15+ years), 2018-19 (crude rates)**
State/Territory	%
Tasmania	31.5%
South Australia	31.6%
Victoria	32.5%
Western Australia	38.3%
Queensland	39.6%
Northern Territory	40.4%
New South Wales	43.0%
Australian Capital Territory	44.2%*
Australia	39.4%

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* Estimate has a high margin of error and should be used with caution

Data source: ABS 2019

Based on South Australian Population Health Survey customised extract 2020, Prevention and Population Health, SA Health, Adelaide, 3 February 2020.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2018), ‘Table 2.3 Summary health characteristics — States and territories, Proportion of persons’, National Health Survey: First Results, 2017-18, cat. no. 4364.0.55.001, 12 December 2018.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2019), 'Table 3.3 Selected health characteristics, by State/Territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, 2018–19, Proportion of persons,' National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2018-19, cat. no. 4715.0, 11 December 2019.