The Scottish Health Survey 2008

The Scottish Health Survey 2008


Table 5.2 Type of fruit and vegetable consumed, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
2008

Type of fruit and vegetable

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Men

Fresh fruit

45

56

52

59

65

67

66

57

Vegetables (fresh, raw, tinned or frozen)

44

53

53

56

57

60

62

54

Fruit juice

50

40

38

35

34

40

41

39

Pulses

26

25

23

32

32

33

30

28

Salad

15

26

26

29

21

20

21

23

Frozen or tinned fruit

3

3

3

3

7

10

14

5

Vegetables in composites

6

5

8

6

5

3

4

6

Fruit in composites

4

3

6

6

7

8

11

6

Dried fruit

7

5

6

7

8

10

10

7

Any vegetables or salad

64

69

72

78

75

78

80

73

Any fruit (excl. fruit juice)

68

71

69

72

76

81

85

73

Women

Fresh fruit

51

63

66

70

75

77

74

68

Vegetables (fresh, raw, tinned or frozen)

55

59

58

61

61

63

64

60

Fruit juice

46

40

38

39

40

41

37

40

Pulses

25

27

23

27

29

30

28

27

Salad

24

33

35

36

31

29

25

31

Frozen or tinned fruit

4

4

3

7

5

8

12

6

Vegetables in composites

5

7

6

6

7

4

4

6

Fruit in composites

4

3

5

6

8

8

10

6

Dried fruit

7

8

11

11

13

13

13

11

Any vegetables or salad

74

78

78

79

80

81

80

79

Any fruit (excl. fruit juice)

72

75

78

81

85

87

86

80

Bases (weighted):

Men

464

481

561

555

480

327

218

3086

Women

444

487

616

591

504

383

350

3375

Bases (unweighted):

Men

246

317

459

535

525

453

304

2839

Women

333

451

648

632

632

515

410

3621

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