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3-3. Nutrition – Fruit intake

In 2017, under half (42.1%) 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 25.3% in the South East LHN up to 48.0% in the Northern Adelaide LHN¹.
There is a statistically significant difference between the rate reported by people that live in metropolitan Adelaide (44.9%) compared to Country SA residents (35.8%)¹.
No statistically significant underlying trend over the last decade in the proportion of people reporting eating the recommended two or more serves of fruit per day was identified, either for metropolitan Adelaide or Country SA residents¹.

3-3-1

Data source: SA Health 2018

In 2017, 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 7.1 percentage points higher than their male counterparts (38.5%)¹.
The proportion also varies with age¹.

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Data source: SA Health 2018

There is 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.

3-3-3

Data source: SA Health 2018

Data presented here is from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2014-15 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 Monitoring and Surveillance System survey.
However, the national survey corroborates the state-specific survey with around half (48.7%) of South Australian adults reporting eating the recommended two or more serves of fruit per day, a little higher than the 46.1% reported in the previous survey (2011-12)².
The South Australian rate is almost the same as the national rate of 49.8%. There was a little variation between the states and territories, and South Australia sits in the middle in comparison with the other jurisdictions².

**Eat two or more serves of fruit per day (aged 18+ years), 2014–15**
State/Territory	%
Tasmania	47.1%
Northern Territory	47.4%
Victoria	48.0%
South Australia	48.7%
New South Wales	49.2%
Australian Capital Territory	49.7%
Queensland	51.2%
Western Australia	54.2%
Australia	49.8%

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Data source: ABS 2015

In 2012-13, 37.8% of Aboriginal people in South Australia aged 15 years and over reported eating the recommended two or more serves of fruit per day³.
This is 8.3 percentage points below the 46.1% recorded for all South Australians aged 15 years or more in the ABS 2011-12 Australian Health Survey (see 3-3-4 above)³.
South Australia's proportion of Aboriginal people who eat the recommended two or more serves of fruit per day is also below the national average for Aboriginal people (42.0%)³.

**Eat two or more serves of fruit per day - Aboriginal people (aged 15+ years), 2012-13**
State/Territory	%
Australian Capital Territory	31.5%
Tasmania	36.3%
South Australia	37.8%
Victoria	38.0%
Western Australia	39.2%
Queensland	42.3%
New South Wales	42.5%
Northern Territory	51.0%
Australia	42.0%

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Data source: ABS 2014

Based on South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System customised extract 2018, Prevention and Population Health, SA Health, Adelaide, 16 August 2018.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2015), ‘Table 12.1 Daily intake of fruit and vegetables, Persons (estimate)’ and in Tables 20-27 for each jurisdiction, National Health Survey: First Results, 2014-15, cat. no. 4364.0.55.001, viewed 3 June 2016.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2014), 'Table 3.3 Selected health characteristics, by State/Territory, Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons', Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Updated Results, 2012-13, cat no 4727.0.55.006, viewed 18 August 2014.