Table 3. Uptake of behaviours in the Caerphilly Prospective study and in the Welsh Health Survey [18].
| Healthy behaviours in 1979 | 1979 | 2009 | 2009 |
| The Caerphilly cohort | The Welsh Health Survey | The Welsh Health Survey | |
| Number (%) of menAged 45–59 years | Number (%) of menaged 45–59 years | Number (%) of personsMale and female 16 +years | |
| Number of subjects | 2,235 men | 1,927 men | 15,810 persons |
| Non smoking | 1,017 (46%) | 1,405 (73%) | 12,201 (77%) |
| BMI (18 to under 25) | 791 (35%) | 461 (24%) | 6,027 (38%) |
| Fruit & veg. consumption | 394 (18%)* | 646 (34%) | 5,431 (34%) |
| Regular activity | 874 (39%) | 680 (35%) | 4,519 (29%) |
| Light/Mod drinking | 1,320 (59%) | 825 (43%) | 8,638 (55%) |
| Healthy Lifestyle | |||
| - No healthy behaviours | 179 (8%) | 135 (7%) | 845 (5%) |
| - Any two behaviours | 814 (36%) | 650 (34%) | 5,251 (33%) |
| - Any three behaviours | 429 (19%) | 350 (18%) | 3,008 (19%) |
| - Any four behaviours | 109 (5%) | 98 (5%) | 1,042 (7%) |
| - All five behaviours | 2 (0.1%) | 9 (0.5%) | 132 (0.8%) |
*
The criterion for fruit and vegetable intake had to be reduced to 3 portions a day for the Caerphilly cohort because only 15 men in the 1979 cohort consumed five portions per day.