Usual Intake of Fish & Other Seafood High in Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Table 22 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A22 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 22. Fish and other seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids: 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	Cooked Lean Ounce Equivalents⁴
Children	1-3	1515	0.0 (0.00)	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03
Children	4-8	1701	0.0 (0.00)	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03
Males	9-13	1061	0.0 (0.03)	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.10	0.15
	14-18	1424	0.0 (0.02)	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.13
	19-30	1100	0.1 (0.05)	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.11	0.24	0.37
	31-50	1466	0.1 (0.06)	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.07	0.15	0.32	0.49
	51-70	1252	0.2 (0.08)	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.09	0.21	0.43	0.65
	71+	832	0.2 (0.09)	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.09	0.20	0.41	0.62
	19+	4650	0.1 (0.05)	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.07	0.16	0.34	0.52
Females	9-13	1112	0.0 (0.02)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.03	0.08	0.14
	14-18	1362	0.0 (0.02)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.12	0.20
	19-30	1325	0.0 (0.02)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.03	0.08	0.14
	31-50	1595	0.1 (0.03)	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.11	0.26	0.45
	51-70	1284	0.1 (0.04)	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.13	0.32	0.54
	71+	860	0.2 (0.09)	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.07	0.21	0.51	0.84
	19+	5064	0.1 (0.03)	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.03	0.10	0.26	0.46
All Persons	1+	17889	0.1 (0.03)	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.03	0.10	0.24	0.41

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 A22.

4: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 ounce cooked lean fish.

Table A22. Fish and other seafood high in omega-3 fatty acids: 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)	Cooked Lean Ounce Equivalents²
Children	1-3	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)
Children	4-8	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)
Males	9-13	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.06)	0.2 (0.12)
	14-18	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.05)	0.1 (0.10)
	19-30	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.11)	0.4 (0.22)
	31-50	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.05)	0.3 (0.14)	0.5 (0.28)
	51-70	0.0 (0.02)	0.0 (0.02)	0.0 (0.03)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.07)	0.4 (0.20)	0.6 (0.37)
	71+	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.0 (0.03)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.08)	0.4 (0.21)	0.6 (0.38)
	19+	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.04)	0.3 (0.13)	0.5 (0.27)
Females	9-13	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.04)	0.1 (0.08)
	14-18	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.09)
	19-30	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.07)
	31-50	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.06)	0.5 (0.13)
	51-70	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.10)	0.5 (0.20)
	71+	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.07)	0.5 (0.19)	0.8 (0.38)
	19+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.3 (0.06)	0.5 (0.13)
All	1+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.06)	0.4 (0.14)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

2: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 ounce cooked lean fish.

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