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Table 2 Proportion of persons consuming meat/poultry/fish by gender for children and adults after disaggregation of mixed dishes

From: Consumption patterns of meat, poultry, and fish after disaggregation of mixed dishes: secondary analysis of the Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey 2011–12

Proportion (%)

Total

Total male

Total female

Children

Adults

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Red meat

48.6

52.4

45.2^

46.0

47.4

44.6^

49.4

54.1

45.4^

 Beef

38.0

41.8

34.7^

38.3

39.9

36.6^

38.0

42.4

34.2^

 Lamb

8.1

8.6

7.6^

6.1

6.6

5.6

8.7

9.3

8.2^

 Pork

7.5

8.0

7.0

5.6

5.4

5.9

8.0

8.9

7.3^

 Kangaroo

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.3

 Game meat

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

Poultry

37.7

37.7

37.7

38.4

37.5

39.4

37.5

37.8

37.2^

 Chicken

36.8

36.8

36.9

38.0

37.1

38.9

36.5

36.6

36.4

 Other

1.3

1.4

1.1

0.7

0.6

0.9

1.4

1.6

1.2

Organ/offal meat

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.1

Fish/seafood

21.4

20.3

22.4^

14.3

13.7

14.9

23.5

22.5

24.4^

 Finfish

9.7

10.0

9.4

7.1

6.9

7.3

10.4

11.0

10.0

 Seafood

5.4

5.1

5.7

3.1

3.0

3.2

6.1

5.8

6.3

 Canned fish

7.8

7.1

8.5^

4.6

4.2

5.0

8.8

8.0

9.5^

 Fish/seafood products

1.6

1.4

1.7

0.7

0.5

0.9

1.8

1.6

2.0

Processed meat

37.8

41.4

34.6^

42.9

44.7

41.1^

36.2

40.4

32.8^

 Sausage

7.1

8.5

5.8^

9.0

9.9

8.2^

6.5

8.1

5.1^

 Ham

18.0

19.4

16.8^

21.1

22.1

20.0^

17.1

18.6

15.9^

 Bacon

13.8

15.3

12.4^

14.3

15.4

13.1^

13.6

15.3

12.2^

 Salami

5.7

6.7

4.8^

6.3

7.3

5.2^

5.5

6.4

4.6^

 Luncheon meat

3.7

4.2

3.4

4.0

4.1

3.9

3.7

4.3

3.3

 Other

1.9

2.2

1.5

3.3

4.3

2.2^

1.4

1.5

1.3

Total meat/poultry/fish

91.3

92.6

90.1^

90.4

90.8

90.0^

91.5

93.2

90.1^

  1. ^ P-value <0.05 for gender difference from Chi-square test