Table 3.
Per-capita consumption of meat/poultry/fish by gender for children and adults after disaggregation of mixed dishes (g/day)
| Mean (SD) (g) | Total | Total male | Total female | Children | Adult | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||||
| Red meat | 57.0 (88.4) | 68.5 (100) | 46.9 (75.1)^ | 41.9 (69.3) | 48.4 (79.1) | 35.3 (56.9)^ | 61.6 (92.8) | 75.2 (105.2) | 50.1 (79.1)^ |
| Beef | 40.0 (75.8) | 48.0 (85) | 33.0 (65.9)^ | 31.4 (59.7) | 36.3 (67.7) | 26.3 (49.8)^ | 42.6 (79.8) | 51.9 (89.6) | 34.8 (69.5)^ |
| Lamb | 9.6 (40.2) | 11.7 (47.4) | 7.7 (32.3)^ | 6.3 (31.9) | 7.5 (36.4) | 5.1 (26.5)^ | 10.5 (42.3) | 13.0 (50.5) | 8.5 (33.7)^ |
| Pork | 7.0 (33.7) | 8.4 (38.2) | 5.8 (29.2)^ | 4.1 (23.2) | 4.4 (26.4) | 3.8 (19.5)^ | 7.9 (36.3) | 9.7 (41.2) | 6.4 (31.4)^ |
| Kangaroo | 0.3 (8.8) | 0.3 (8.3) | 0.2 (9.3) | 0.1 (3.3) | 0.1 (4.3) | 0.0 (1.6) | 0.3 (9.9) | 0.4 (9.3) | 0.3 (10.4) |
| Game meat | 0.1 (3.9) | 0.2 (4.9) | 0.1 (2.7) | 0.0 (1.2) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (1.7) | 0.1 (4.4) | 0.2 (5.6) | 0.1 (3.0) |
| Poultry | 46.2 (86.7) | 52.7 (100) | 40.5 (72.5)^ | 38.9 (70.0) | 40.0 (72.2) | 37.8 (67.7)^ | 48.4 (91.0) | 56.9 (107.3) | 41.2 (73.8)^ |
| Chicken | 44.7 (84.8) | 50.8 (97.9) | 39.2 (70.8)^ | 38.2 (68.5) | 39.4 (71.7) | 36.9 (65.1)^ | 46.7 (89.0) | 54.6 (104.9) | 39.9 (72.3)^ |
| Other | 1.5 (19.4) | 1.9 (22.5) | 1.2 (16.3)^ | 0.7 (11.6) | 0.6 (8.9) | 0.9 (13.7) | 1.7 (21.2) | 2.3 (25.4) | 1.3 (16.9)^ |
| Organ/offal meat | 0.0 (1.1) | 0.0 (1.3) | 0.0 (0.9) | 0.0 (1.1) | 0.0 (1.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (1.1) | 0.0 (1.2) | 0.0 (1.0) |
| Fish/seafood | 22.1 (60.5) | 23.3 (65.1) | 21.1 (56.2)^ | 10.4 (33.6) | 11.3 (36.9) | 9.6 (29.8)^ | 25.6 (66.2) | 27.3 (71.6) | 24.2 (61.1)^ |
| Finfish | 10.9 (43.1) | 12.3 (46.6) | 9.7 (39.6)^ | 5.5 (25.1) | 6.2 (28.6) | 4.9 (20.9)^ | 12.6 (47.0) | 14.3 (51.1) | 11.0 (43.3)^ |
| Seafood | 3.5 (21.2) | 3.5 (22.1) | 3.5 (20.3) | 1.4 (12.3) | 1.4 (12.9) | 1.4 (11.7) | 4.2 (23.1) | 4.3 (24.4) | 4.1 (22.0) |
| Canned fish | 5.9 (25) | 5.7 (24.6) | 6.0 (25.3) | 2.9 (16.1) | 3.2 (18.2) | 2.5 (13.6)^ | 6.8 (27.0) | 6.5 (26.4) | 7.0 (27.6)^ |
| Fish/seafood products | 1.8 (25.1) | 1.7 (28.3) | 1.8 (21.8) | 0.6 (9.5) | 0.4 (6.6) | 0.8 (11.6) | 2.1 (28.1) | 2.2 (32.4) | 2.1 (23.9) |
| Processed meat | 26.5 (58) | 33.2 (67.3) | 20.6 (47.5)^ | 26.9 (53.4) | 31.2 (59.9) | 22.5 (45.3)^ | 26.4 (59.3) | 33.8 (69.5) | 20.1 (48.1)^ |
| Sausage | 10.2 (43.4) | 13.4 (51.6) | 7.4 (34.4)^ | 11.0 (41.5) | 13.5 (48.3) | 8.5 (32.9)^ | 10.0 (43.9) | 13.4 (52.6) | 7.1 (34.8)^ |
| Ham | 5.0 (15.3) | 5.8 (16.2) | 4.2 (14.3)^ | 5.5 (16.3) | 5.9 (15.3) | 5.0 (17.2)^ | 4.8 (15) | 5.7 (16.5) | 4.0 (13.4)^ |
| Bacon | 4.7 (16.5) | 5.9 (19.0) | 3.7 (13.9)^ | 4.2 (15.3) | 4.5 (14.9) | 3.8 (15.6)^ | 4.9 (16.9) | 6.4 (20.2) | 3.7 (13.3)^ |
| Salami | 1.8 (13.1) | 2.2 (14.0) | 1.4 (12.3)^ | 1.3 (8.6) | 1.6 (10.3) | 1.0 (6.4)^ | 1.9 (14.2) | 2.4 (15.0) | 1.5 (13.4)^ |
| Luncheon meat | 3.0 (19.3) | 3.3 (19.6) | 2.7 (19.0)^ | 2.4 (15.2) | 2.3 (13.7) | 2.4 (16.6)^ | 3.2 (20.4) | 3.6 (21.2) | 2.8 (19.6)^ |
| Other | 1.8 (10.3) | 2.6 (12.2) | 1.2 (8.2)^ | 2.5 (13.7) | 3.4 (16.0) | 1.8 (10.9)^ | 1.6 (8.9) | 2.3 (10.6) | 1.0 (7.3)^ |
| Total meat/poultry/fish | 152.0 (128.9) | 177.8 (146.8) | 129.1 (105.6)^ | 118.2 (105.6) | 131.0 (119.6) | 105.2 (87.4)^ | 162.1 (133.5) | 193.3 (151.6) | 135.7 (109.2)^ |
^ P-value < 0.05 for gender difference from t-test