Table 3.
Productivity cost savings for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes (AUD $m).
| Scenario for Increased Intake of Fibre | Socio-Economic Status | Dietary Fibre Intake | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Quintile 1 (Lowest SES) | Quintile 2 | Quintile 3 | Quintile 4 | Quintile 5 (Highest SES) | Total | Quartile 1 (Lowest) | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 (Highest) † | |
| Cardiovascular Disease | |||||||||||
| Persons | |||||||||||
| 10% higher | 134.8 | 33.8 | 29.0 | 26.7 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 57.0 | 11.2 | 19.2 | 26.6 | - |
| Adequate | 278.8 | 89.1 | 67.1 | 52.8 | 39.3 | 30.6 | 347.4 | 195.4 | 119.7 | 32.4 | - |
| Target | 609.5 | 176.1 | 139.7 | 117.7 | 91.5 | 84.5 | 590.2 | 285.4 | 194.8 | 110.0 | - |
| Males | |||||||||||
| 10% higher | 75.9 | 19.2 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 32.8 | 6.4 | 11.0 | 15.4 | - |
| Adequate | 164.1 | 50.3 | 39.3 | 31.7 | 22.3 | 20.5 | 211.5 | 115.4 | 75.6 | 20.5 | - |
| Target | 410.3 | 115.1 | 93.3 | 80.0 | 61.2 | 60.7 | 398.2 | 184.6 | 132.1 | 81.2 | - |
| Females | |||||||||||
| 10% higher | 58.9 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 24.2 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 11.3 | - |
| Adequate | 114.7 | 38.8 | 27.8 | 21.1 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 135.9 | 80.0 | 44.1 | 11.9 | - |
| Target | 199.2 | 61.1 | 46.4 | 37.6 | 30.3 | 23.8 | 192.0 | 100.8 | 62.7 | 28.5 | - |
| Type 2 Diabetes | |||||||||||
| Persons | |||||||||||
| 10% higher | 302.6 | 88.3 | 57.3 | 65.5 | 52.1 | 39.4 | 175.0 | 34.3 | 58.8 | 81.8 | - |
| Adequate | 652.6 | 236.3 | 135.5 | 132.5 | 95.4 | 52.9 | 1,009.6 | 576.5 | 331.5 | 101.6 | - |
| Target | 1,421.9 | 470.3 | 283.7 | 297.3 | 224.2 | 146.4 | 1,586.5 | 768.8 | 523.8 | 293.9 | - |
| Males | |||||||||||
| 10% higher | 182.9 | 53.8 | 34.6 | 39.4 | 31.7 | 23.4 | 105.0 | 20.7 | 35.2 | 49.2 | - |
| Adequate | 405.9 | 142.3 | 84.3 | 84.4 | 57.6 | 37.3 | 625.7 | 352.1 | 207.1 | 66.5 | - |
| Target | 1,001.8 | 323.5 | 199.2 | 212.0 | 157.5 | 109.7 | 1,072.6 | 501.0 | 356.0 | 215.5 | - |
| Females | |||||||||||
| 10% higher | 119.8 | 34.5 | 22.7 | 26.1 | 20.4 | 16.0 | 69.9 | 13.7 | 23.7 | 49.2 | - |
| Adequate | 246.7 | 94.0 | 51.2 | 48.1 | 37.7 | 15.7 | 383.9 | 224.5 | 124.4 | 35.0 | - |
| Target | 420.0 | 146.8 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 66.8 | 36.7 | 513.9 | 267.8 | 167.8 | 78.4 | - |
Abbreviations: SES, socioeconomic status. ‘10% higher’ is a 10% increase in current fibre intakes and is equivalent to an increase of between 2.1–2.5 g per day; ‘adequate intake’ is an increase in current dietary fibre intake to 30 g per day for males and 25 g per day for females and is equivalent to an increase of 3.9–5.2 g per day; and ‘target intake’ is an increase in current dietary intake to 38 g per day for males and 28 g per day for females and is equivalent to an increase of 6.9–13.2 g per day. All scenarios increase fibre intake using cereal fibre. † People in quartile 4 consumed in excess of the adequate and target levels of dietary fibre, and hence healthcare expenditure savings are not expected from this group.