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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.

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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.

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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 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 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 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.