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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Type of fruit and vegetable	Age							Total
	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Fresh fruit	45	56	52	59	65	67	66	57
Vegetables (fresh, raw, tinned or frozen)	44	53	53	56	57	60	62	54
Fruit juice	50	40	38	35	34	40	41	39
Pulses	26	25	23	32	32	33	30	28
Salad	15	26	26	29	21	20	21	23
Frozen or tinned fruit	3	3	3	3	7	10	14	5
Vegetables in composites	6	5	8	6	5	3	4	6
Fruit in composites	4	3	6	6	7	8	11	6
Dried fruit	7	5	6	7	8	10	10	7
Any vegetables or salad	64	69	72	78	75	78	80	73
Any fruit (excl. fruit juice)	68	71	69	72	76	81	85	73
Women
Fresh fruit	51	63	66	70	75	77	74	68
Vegetables (fresh, raw, tinned or frozen)	55	59	58	61	61	63	64	60
Fruit juice	46	40	38	39	40	41	37	40
Pulses	25	27	23	27	29	30	28	27
Salad	24	33	35	36	31	29	25	31
Frozen or tinned fruit	4	4	3	7	5	8	12	6
Vegetables in composites	5	7	6	6	7	4	4	6
Fruit in composites	4	3	5	6	8	8	10	6
Dried fruit	7	8	11	11	13	13	13	11
Any vegetables or salad	74	78	78	79	80	81	80	79
Any fruit (excl. fruit juice)	72	75	78	81	85	87	86	80
Bases (weighted):
Men	464	481	561	555	480	327	218	3086
Women	444	487	616	591	504	383	350	3375
Bases (unweighted):
Men	246	317	459	535	525	453	304	2839
Women	333	451	648	632	632	515	410	3621

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