Table 1.
Proportion (%) of people consuming meat/poultry/fish from 1995 to 2011–2012.
| Proportion * | Overall | Children | Adults | ||||||||||||
| Overall | Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||||||||
| 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | |
| Red meat | 56.1 | 48.6 | <0.001 | 54.5 | 47.4 | <0.001 | 51.9 | 44.6 | <0.001 | 62.4 | 54.1 | <0.001 | 52.0 | 45.4 | <0.001 |
| Beef | 42.9 | 38.0 | <0.001 | 44.5 | 39.9 | 0.01 | 41.4 | 36.6 | 0.004 | 48.3 | 42.4 | <0.001 | 38.0 | 34.2 | <0.001 |
| Lamb | 11.7 | 8.1 | <0.001 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 0.02 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 0.001 | 12.8 | 9.3 | <0.001 | 12.2 | 8.2 | <0.001 |
| Pork | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.93 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 0.74 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 0.78 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 0.69 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 0.73 |
| Kangaroo | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.08 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.07 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.004 |
| Game meat | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.47 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.77 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.38 |
| Poultry | 29.0 | 37.7 | <0.001 | 27.5 | 37.5 | <0.001 | 26.6 | 39.4 | <0.001 | 29.8 | 37.8 | <0.001 | 29.2 | 37.2 | <0.001 |
| Chicken | 27.6 | 36.8 | <0.001 | 26.7 | 37.1 | <0.001 | 26.2 | 38.9 | <0.001 | 28.2 | 36.6 | <0.001 | 27.7 | 36.4 | <0.001 |
| Other poultry | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.61 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.05 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.08 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.07 | 2.3 | 1.2 | <0.001 |
| Fish/seafood | 15.6 | 21.4 | <0.001 | 9.6 | 13.7 | 0.001 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 0.03 | 17.4 | 22.5 | <0.001 | 16.5 | 24.4 | <0.001 |
| Finfish | 9.0 | 9.7 | <0.001 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 0.97 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 0.39 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 0.13 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 0.31 |
| Seafood | 4.0 | 5.4 | <0.001 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 0.05 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 0.07 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 0.006 | 4.2 | 6.3 | <0.001 |
| Canned fish | 4.4 | 7.8 | <0.001 | 1.7 | 4.2 | <0.001 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 0.001 | 4.8 | 8.0 | <0.001 | 5.2 | 9.5 | <0.001 |
| Fish/seafood products | 0.8 | 1.6 | <0.001 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.13 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.10 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.33 | 0.7 | 2.0 | <0.001 |
| Organ/offal meat | 0.6 | 0.1 | <0.001 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.57 | 0.8 | 0.2 | <0.001 | 0.6 | 0.1 | <0.001 |
| Processed meat | 44.0 | 37.8 | <0.001 | 47.0 | 44.7 | 0.06 | 40.8 | 41.1 | 0.61 | 50.5 | 40.4 | <0.001 | 38.4 | 32.8 | <0.001 |
| Total meat/poultry/fish | 91.7 | 91.3 | 0.16 | 90.6 | 90.8 | 0.09 | 90.1 | 90.0 | 0.11 | 94.6 | 93.2 | 0.16 | 89.9 | 90.1 | 0.84 |
| Proportion | SEIFA | ||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 2nd Quintile | 3rd Quintile | 4th Quintile | Highest | |||||||||||
| 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | 1995 | 2011–2012 | p | |
| Red meat | 55.8 | 48.0 | <0.001 | 56.1 | 50.1 | <0.001 | 55.6 | 48.8 | <0.001 | 57.2 | 49.2 | <0.001 | 55.5 | 47.2 | <0.001 |
| Beef | 42.3 | 37.1 | <0.001 | 41.8 | 39.2 | 0.06 | 43.4 | 39.5 | 0.004 | 44.2 | 37.5 | <0.001 | 42.6 | 36.9 | <0.001 |
| Lamb | 11.4 | 7.5 | <0.001 | 13.0 | 8.2 | <0.001 | 11.4 | 7.0 | <0.001 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 0.001 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 0.01 |
| Pork | 6.9 | 8.3 | 0.07 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 0.28 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 0.81 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 0.77 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 0.58 |
| Kangaroo | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.11 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.05 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.82 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.02 |
| Game meat | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.25 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.32 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.45 |
| Poultry | 27.8 | 36.8 | <0.001 | 28.6 | 36.0 | <0.001 | 27.8 | 37.8 | <0.001 | 28.8 | 37.3 | <0.001 | 31.3 | 40.0 | <0.001 |
| Chicken | 27.0 | 36.1 | <0.001 | 26.9 | 35.4 | <0.001 | 26.8 | 36.9 | <0.001 | 27.5 | 36.4 | <0.001 | 29.5 | 38.9 | <0.001 |
| Other poultry | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.19 | 2.3 | 1.0 | <0.001 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.52 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.07 | 2.4 | 1.7 | <0.001 |
| Fish/seafood | 13.9 | 17.8 | <0.001 | 15.0 | 19.8 | <0.001 | 16.0 | 19.6 | <0.001 | 16.0 | 20.0 | <0.001 | 16.6 | 23.6 | <0.001 |
| Finfish | 8.3 | 9.0 | 0.39 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 0.18 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 0.62 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 0.32 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 0.04 |
| Seafood | 3.5 | 4.6 | 0.05 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 0.48 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 0.12 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 0.001 | 4.2 | 6.7 | <0.001 |
| Canned fish | 3.7 | 6.1 | <0.001 | 3.9 | 7.3 | <0.001 | 4.1 | 7.9 | <0.001 | 4.5 | 8.1 | <0.001 | 5.6 | 9.5 | <0.001 |
| Fish/seafood products | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.585 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.08 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.10 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.97 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.47 |
| Organ/offal meat | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 0.0 | <0.001 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.33 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.002 | 0.5 | 0.1 | <0.001 |
| Processed meat | 41.8 | 39.8 | 0.11 | 43.3 | 35.6 | <0.001 | 44.6 | 40.5 | 0.003 | 45.1 | 39.2 | <0.001 | 44.9 | 39.5 | <0.001 |
| Total meat/poultry/fish | 91.2 | 91.0 | 0.35 | 91.7 | 90.3 | 0.26 | 91.6 | 91.8 | 0.15 | 91.4 | 91.4 | 0.58 | 92.7 | 91.8 | 0.14 |
* p-values for Chi-squared analysis between time points.