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. 1998 Apr 4;316(7137):1047–1051. doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1047

Table 2.

Estimates of availability of selected foods, amount of fat from animal and vegetable sources, ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fat, availability of alcohol, and prevalence of smoking in Poland, 1970-94

Amount per person year 1970 1975 1980 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Meat (kg)7 53.0 70.3 74.0 60.2 66.0 66.7 68.3 68.6 68.6 73.2 70.3 67.5 62.5
Fruits (kg)7 32.8 34.4 37.7 28.9 35.7 18.9 32.2 31.2 28.9 37.2 40.7 45.2 34.6
Vegetables (excluding potatoes) (kg)7 111 109 101 105 114 116 115 116 119 126 116 122 116
Milk (litres)7 262 264 262 273 280 270 271 260 241 231 217 209 200
Eggs (No)7 186 209 223 220 209 199 203 194 190 175 173 157 146
Alcohol (litres of ethanol)10 11 5.2 6.9 8.4 6.8 6.9 7.0 6.8 7.5* ND 9.6* 10.2* ND 9.0*
Fats from animal sources (kg)7 87.5 99.6 104.9 96.0 102.0 101.4 101.2 101.4 97.1 95.8 91.4 86.1 77.2
Fats from vegetable sources (kg)7 23.8 25.3 26.4 26.0 25.7 27.1 28.4 28.2 25.1 27.2 32.1 35.7 39.8
Ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fat 7 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.33 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.36 0.41 0.46 0.49
Prevalence of smoking (% of people aged ⩾16)
 Men ND 59.3 62.2§ 54.8 54 53.1 51.6 ND 51.5 47.8 52.5 47.9 50.4
 Women ND 17.8 30.3§ 27.9 27.1 22 25.2 ND 24.6 24.7 22.6 25.4 23.3

ND=no data.  

*

Estimates are more uncertain (smuggling is included).  

1995.  

Surveys of Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Warsaw.  

§

1982.