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Percentage reporting that they consumed fruit and vegetables at least five times daily, by sex, household population aged 12 or older, Canada, 2001 to 2011 – description

This is a line chart that illustrates the percentage of people aged 12 or older who consumed fruit and vegetables at least five times daily from 2001 to 2011.

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 10 from 0 to 60 percent.

On the X axis from left to right are the years from 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

The top line shows females and the bottom line shows males aged 12 or older who consumed fruit and vegetables at least five times daily from 2001 to 2011.

The percentage of females who consumed fruit and vegetables at least five times daily was 43.0% in 2001, 48.0% in 2003, and 50.8% in 2005. There were 50.8% of females who consumed fruit and vegetables at least five times daily in 2007, 50.1% in 2008, 51.4% in 2009, 49.9% in 2010, and 47.2% in 2011.

The percentage of males who consumed fruit and vegetables at least five times daily was 31.9% in 2001, 34.5% in 2003, and 36.1% in 2005. There were 36.7% of males who consumed fruits and vegetables at least five times daily in 2007, 37.0% in 2008, 39.7% in 2009, 36.4% in 2010, and 33.5% in 2011.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.