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Consumption of processed meat

Consumption of processed meat

Period: April 2009
Questions: In the past 30 days, how many days on average did you eat processed meat each week? They include canned meat, cured meat or smoked meat, such as luncheon meat, ham, sausages, bacon and Chinese preserved meat.



Number of days Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
1 day or less a week 601 (60.0%) 844 (71.4%) 1 446 (66.2%)
2-3 days a week 268 (26.8%) 241 (20.4%) 509 (23.3%)
4 or more days a week 131 (13.0%) 96 (8.1%) 226 (10.3%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 2 (0.2%) 2 (0.1%) 4 (0.2%)
Total 1 002 (100.0%) 1 183 (100.0%) 2 185 (100.0%)

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.