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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’ 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 Monitoring and Surveillance System 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 nutrition².
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 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 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 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.