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. 2024 Aug 21;46:102861. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102861

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and health data for adult population survey respondents in New South Wales, Australia, 2017–2022 (unadjusted, unweighted).

Variable Categories 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total respondents (n) 13,287 13,161 12,801 11,657 11,417 11,357



Age (mean (SD)) 59 (18) 60 (18) 61 (18) 62 (18) 50 (17) 50 (17)



Age group (%) 16–24 years 6.6 6 5.3 5.2 7.2 7.1
25–64 years 47.9 44.9 42.9 40.5 70.1 68.6
65 + years 45.5 49.1 51.8 54.3 22.6 24.2



Sex (%) Females 56.5 57.0 56.2 56.8 53.4 54.3
Males 43.5 43.0 43.8 43.2 46.6 45.7



Educational attainment (%) High school grade 10 27.0 25.9 24.3 23.3 12.5 13.1
High school grade 12/TAFE/Diploma 42.3 43.0 45.0 44.0 45.2 44.5
University or greater 29.2 29.9 29.3 30.8 41.8 41.6



Area-level disadvantage (SEIFA IRSDa) (%) Quintile 1 (least disadvantaged) 13.3 13.7 14.2 17.2 17.6 16.9
Quintiles 2–4 62.9 63.1 63.8 65.4 68.0 68.1
Quintile 5 (most disadvantaged) 23.8 23.2 22.0 17.3 14.4 15.0



Level of remoteness (ARIA+b) (%) Metro/inner regional 85.1 84.9 85.0 86.4 88.7 88.9
Outer regional/remote/very remote 14.9 15.1 15.0 13.6 11.3 11.1



Language other than English spoken at home (%) No 87.0 86.8 87.9 87.5 85.8 85.2
Yes 12.9 13.1 11.9 12.3 14.0 14.6



Vegetable intake (%) < 3 serves per day 60.2 62.2 61.6 62.2 65.5 68.4
≥ 3 serves per day 37.1 35.4 34.5 34.3 32.8 29.9



Fruit intake (%) < 2 serves per day 51.2 54.3 54.6 54.2 59.8 62.2
≥ 2 serves per day 47.5 44.4 43.3 43.9 39.1 36.9



Physical activity level (MVPA) (%) < 150 min per weeks 43.7 42.9 44.5 43.4 32.9 35.4
150 to < 300 min per week 15.9 16.6 15.5 16.2 15.8 16.0
≥ 300 min per week 40.2 40.3 39.8 40.1 51.1 48.4



Alcohol consumption (%) ≤ 10 standard drinks per week 84.2 84.0 83.4 83.8 82.2 83.4
> 10 standard drinks per week 14.9 14.8 15.0 14.5 16.8 15.7



Current tobacco cigarette smoking (%) No 88.2 88.7 88.3 89.7 86.4 86.8
Yes 11.6 11.2 11.4 9.9 13.3 12.8



Current e-cigarette use (%) No 99.0 98.8 98.6 98.7 95.7 94.8
Yes 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 4.0 5.0



Body Mass Index (BMI) category (%) Underweight 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.3 1.5 1.9
Healthy weight 35.6 35.5 33.9 34.9 33.8 33.6
Overweight 32.5 32.6 32.9 32.8 34.8 33.9
Obese 24.6 24.8 25.5 26.0 27.9 28.7



Psychological distress (K10c score) (%) Low or moderate (<22) 84.4 NA 82.7 79.8 82.2 NA
High or very high (≥22) 12.6 NA 14.2 12.7 16.7 NA



Self-rated general health (%) Excellent/very good/good/fair 90.6 90.3 90.1 92.1 93.8 90.2
Poor/very poor 8.9 9.4 9.5 7.6 6.1 9.6

Abbreviations: NA=not available; SD=Standard deviation.

aSEIFA IRSD=Socioeconomic Indexes for Areas, Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage.

bARIA+ = Accessibility-Remoteness Index of Australia.

cK10 = 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.