Usual Intake of Fruit, Other Than Citrus, Melon, & Berries

Table 2 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A2 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 2. Fruit, other than citrus, melon, and berries: Mean (standard error) and percentiles³ of usual intake, 2001- 2004
	Age (years)	N¹	Mean (SE)²	5%	10%	25%	50%	75%	90%	95%
	Age (years)	N¹	Cup Equivalents⁴
Children	1-3	1515	1.1 (0.04)	0.21	0.32	0.58	0.97	1.48	2.04	2.43
Children	4-8	1701	0.7 (0.04)	0.09	0.14	0.31	0.60	1.00	1.46	1.79
Males	9-13	1061	0.6 (0.04)	0.03	0.06	0.16	0.39	0.77	1.28	1.66
	14-18	1424	0.5 (0.03)	0.01	0.03	0.10	0.28	0.64	1.13	1.51
	19-30	1100	0.4 (0.05)	0.01	0.02	0.08	0.25	0.58	1.06	1.45
	31-50	1466	0.6 (0.04)	0.02	0.05	0.14	0.38	0.80	1.37	1.79
	51-70	1252	0.7 (0.03)	0.04	0.07	0.20	0.48	0.96	1.56	2.01
	71+	832	0.8 (0.03)	0.08	0.15	0.33	0.67	1.17	1.79	2.22
	19+	4650	0.6 (0.03)	0.02	0.05	0.14	0.39	0.83	1.40	1.84
Females	9-13	1112	0.5 (0.03)	0.04	0.07	0.17	0.40	0.74	1.16	1.45
	14-18	1362	0.5 (0.03)	0.02	0.04	0.12	0.32	0.65	1.08	1.38
	19-30	1325	0.4 (0.03)	0.02	0.04	0.11	0.28	0.59	1.01	1.30
	31-50	1595	0.5 (0.03)	0.03	0.05	0.15	0.37	0.73	1.18	1.49
	51-70	1284	0.7 (0.03)	0.05	0.09	0.22	0.50	0.92	1.42	1.76
	71+	860	0.8 (0.04)	0.08	0.15	0.33	0.64	1.07	1.57	1.92
	19+	5064	0.6 (0.02)	0.03	0.06	0.17	0.41	0.80	1.26	1.60
All Persons	1+	17889	0.6 (0.02)	0.03	0.06	0.17	0.42	0.85	1.36	1.74

1: Number of persons in sample.

2: Standard error of the mean (df=30).

3: Standard errors of the percentiles are presented in Appendix Table A2.

4: 1 cup equivalent = 1 cup cut-up raw or cooked fruit; 1/2 cup dried fruit; or 1 cup juice.

Table A2. Fruit, other than citrus, melon, and berries: Percentiles (and standard errors) of usual intake, 2001-2004
	Age (years)	5% (SE)¹	10% (SE)	25% (SE)	50% (SE)	75% (SE)	90% (SE)	95% (SE)
	Age (years)	Cup Equivalents²
Children	1-3	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.04)	0.6 (0.04)	1.0 (0.04)	1.5 (0.06)	2.0 (0.10)	2.4 (0.14)
Children	4-8	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.04)	0.6 (0.04)	1.0 (0.06)	1.5 (0.08)	1.8 (0.11)
Males	9-13	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.04)	0.8 (0.06)	1.3 (0.09)	1.7 (0.12)
	14-18	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.6 (0.05)	1.1 (0.07)	1.5 (0.09)
	19-30	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.04)	0.6 (0.07)	1.1 (0.10)	1.4 (0.13)
	31-50	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.4 (0.04)	0.8 (0.06)	1.4 (0.09)	1.8 (0.12)
	51-70	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.03)	0.5 (0.03)	1.0 (0.04)	1.6 (0.07)	2.0 (0.10)
	71+	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.7 (0.03)	1.2 (0.05)	1.8 (0.09)	2.2 (0.12)
	19+	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.8 (0.04)	1.4 (0.06)	1.8 (0.09)
Females	9-13	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.7 (0.04)	1.2 (0.06)	1.5 (0.09)
	14-18	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.7 (0.05)	1.1 (0.07)	1.4 (0.09)
	19-30	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.6 (0.05)	1.0 (0.07)	1.3 (0.09)
	31-50	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.7 (0.05)	1.2 (0.07)	1.5 (0.09)
	51-70	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.5 (0.04)	0.9 (0.05)	1.4 (0.06)	1.8 (0.08)
	71+	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.05)	0.6 (0.05)	1.1 (0.05)	1.6 (0.07)	1.9 (0.10)
	19+	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.8 (0.04)	1.3 (0.05)	1.6 (0.07)
All	1+	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.8 (0.03)	1.4 (0.04)	1.7 (0.06)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

2: 1 cup equivalent = 1 cup cut-up raw or cooked fruit; 1/2 cup dried fruit; or 1 cup juice.

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