Table 1 |
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Mean dietary diversity score (DDS) and percent of adults having consumed an item from the food groups, by province |
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Province |
RSA |
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Western Cape |
Eastern Cape |
Northern Cape |
Free State |
KwaZulu- Natal |
North West |
Gauteng |
Mpumalanga |
Limpopo |
All |
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Sample size |
441 |
446 |
228 |
241 |
630 |
136 |
613 |
246 |
306 |
3287 |
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Mean DDS 95% CI a |
4.78 [A] 4.66 - 4.90 |
3.38[E][F] 3.22 - 3.54 |
4.05 [B][C][D] 3.85 - 4.26 |
4.40[B] 4.23 - 4.58 |
3.97 [C][D] 3.81 - 4.12 |
3.72 [D][E] 3.43 - 4.01 |
4.22 [C][B] 4.08 - 4.36 |
4.14 [C][B] 3.95 - 4.33 |
3.24 [F] 3.03 - 3.45 |
4.02 3.96 - 4.07 |
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Percent of adults consuming at least one item from the following groups (CIa): |
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1.Cereals/roots/tubers |
99b |
100 |
99 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
99.7 |
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98 - 100 |
99 - 100 |
98 - 100 |
99 - 100 |
100 - 100 |
100-100 |
100-100 |
99-100 |
99 - 100 |
99.5-99.9 |
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2.Vitamin A-rich fruit and vegetables |
14 |
16 |
14 |
26 |
12 |
21 |
20 |
22 |
14 |
17 |
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10 - 18 |
12 - 20 |
11 - 18 |
21 - 32 |
9 - 15 |
14 - 29 |
16 - 23 |
17 - 27 |
9 - 18 |
15 - 18 |
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3.Other fruit-not vitamin A-rich |
23 |
15 |
0.23 |
31 |
28 |
18 |
38 |
15 |
18 |
25 |
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18 - 27 |
12 - 19 |
18 - 29 |
26 - 37 |
24 - 32 |
11 - 0.25 |
34 - 0.43 |
10 - 20 |
14 - 22 |
24 - 27 |
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4.Other vegetables- not vitamin A-rich |
69 |
48 |
57 |
49 |
41 |
40 |
51 |
70 |
49 |
52 |
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64 - 74 |
43 - 52 |
49 - 65 |
41 - 57 |
35 - 47 |
32 - 48 |
47 - 56 |
66 - 75 |
41 - 57 |
50 - 54 |
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5.Legumes & nuts |
20 |
24 |
11 |
14 |
25 |
10 |
15 |
15 |
8 |
18 |
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16 -25 |
21 - 27 |
7 - 14 |
9 - 19 |
22 - 29 |
5 - 14 |
0.12 - 0.18 |
0.10 - 0.19 |
5 - 12 |
16 - 19 |
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6.Fats & oils |
66 |
21 |
40 |
43 |
39 |
30 |
28 |
56 |
26 |
38 |
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61 -70 |
18 - 25 |
33 - 47 |
35 - 52 |
34 - 45 |
19 - 41 |
24 - 0.31 |
48 - 65 |
19 - 32 |
36 - 40 |
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7. Meat/poultry/fish |
87 |
54 |
89 |
83 |
77 |
80 |
88 |
76 |
73 |
78 |
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83 -91 |
49 - 58 |
85 - 94 |
77 - 90 |
73 - 80 |
72 - 88 |
85 - 91 |
71 - 81 |
67 - 79 |
77 - 80 |
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8.Dairy |
77 |
44 |
58 |
72 |
59 |
55 |
64 |
42 |
24 |
56 |
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72 - 81 |
39 - 49 |
51 - 64 |
66 - 78 |
54 - 64 |
47 - 0.64 |
60 - 68 |
34 - 0.49 |
17 -30 |
55 -58 |
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9. Eggs |
24 |
17 |
14 |
22 |
16 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
13 |
18 |
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20 - 28 |
13 - 21 |
9 - 18 |
17 - 27 |
12 - 19 |
10 - 25 |
15 - 22 |
14 - 23 |
9 - 16 |
16 - 19 |
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aCI = Confidence interval selected because of data being stratified; b % of people consumed from the cereal group [A]; [B], [C],[D],[E],[F]: different symbols indicate which mean DDS (comparing the nine provinces) are significantly different, Bonferroni multiple comparison test, p < 0.05 |
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Labadarios et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:33 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-33 |
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