## Outline of Results of National Health and Nutrition Survey Japan, 2010

## National Health and Nutrition Survey

Objective: Amassing of basic information for comprehensive promotion of national health in accordance with the Health Promotion Act (Act No.103 of 2002)

Subjects: Households in 300 unit areas randomly selected from unit areas established in the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions 2009 (approximately 5,700 households), and members of households aged 1 or older (approximately 15,000 persons)

Survey items: [Survey on physical condition] Height, weight, abdominal circumference, blood pressure, blood tests, number of steps taken when walking, interview (medication status, exercise)

[Survey on nutritional intake] Food intake, nutrient intake, etc., dietary situation (skipping meals, eating out, etc.)

[Survey on lifestyle] General lifestyle encompassing dietary habits, physical activities, exercise, rest (sleep), alcohol usage, smoking, dental health, etc.

$ ^{*} $ “Situation with cardiovascular diseases” is an item emphasized in 2010

## Key points of the results of the survey

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• The percentage of those with a past history of major diseases of being diagnosed with “apoplexy” was 5.7% with males and 3.3% with females. The percentage rose from 2000 with both males and females. That diagnosed with a “myocardial infarction” was 2.7% with males and 0.9% with females. That diagnosed with “angina pectoris” was 3.8% with males and 2.8% with females. The percentage remained unchanged from 2000 with both males and females.

• The average systolic and diastolic blood pressure was 133.9mmHg and 82.4mmHg with males and 126.2mmHg and 77.0mmHg with females, respectively. These figures have remained unchanged from 2000 with both males and females. In contrast to this the percentage of those with hypertension was 60.0% with males and 44.6% with females. It rose from 2000 with males but remained unchanged with females.

• Risk factors in the onset of cardiovascular diseases that had improved from 2003 include a smaller percentage of smokers, less average salt intake, and the percentage of people that regularly exercised. In contrast to this the risk factors that had worsened include average potassium intake.

• The percentage of those making the effort to improve their lifestyles with the aim of preventing/improving lifestyle-related diseases was 50.4% with males and 57.6% with females.

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• The percentage of habitual smokers was 32.2% for males and 8.4% for females, and 19.5% for males and females. It had declined from the previous year with both males and females. The percentage of habitual smokers who wish to stop smoking was 35.9% for males and 43.6% for females. It rose from the previous year for males but had remained unchanged for females.

• The percentage of those who have been affected by passive smoking almost every day had declined from 2003 with all locations (home, workplace, restaurants, and amusement places).

• The percentage of obese females, who skip breakfast, do not regularly exercise, and habitual smokers was higher and the amount of vegetable intake lower with members of households with incomes of less than ¥2 million and those of ¥2 million to ¥6 million than those earning ¥6 million or more.