Usual Intake of Total Fish & Other Seafood

Table 23 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A23 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 23. Total fish and other seafood: 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	0.2 (0.05)	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.12	0.23	0.41	0.56
Children	4-8	1701	0.2 (0.06)	0.03	0.04	0.08	0.16	0.30	0.52	0.71
Males	9-13	1061	0.2 (0.03)	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.12	0.28	0.55	0.80
	14-18	1424	0.2 (0.05)	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.14	0.30	0.59	0.86
	19-30	1100	0.5 (0.05)	0.03	0.06	0.12	0.28	0.58	1.06	1.51
	31-50	1466	0.7 (0.08)	0.07	0.10	0.22	0.47	0.96	1.71	2.35
	51-70	1252	0.8 (0.10)	0.07	0.12	0.24	0.51	1.03	1.81	2.46
	71+	832	0.6 (0.08)	0.05	0.08	0.16	0.36	0.75	1.35	1.88
	19+	4650	0.7 (0.05)	0.05	0.09	0.19	0.42	0.87	1.56	2.17
Females	9-13	1112	0.2 (0.04)	0.03	0.04	0.07	0.12	0.22	0.35	0.47
	14-18	1362	0.3 (0.04)	0.04	0.06	0.11	0.19	0.33	0.53	0.69
	19-30	1325	0.3 (0.05)	0.05	0.08	0.13	0.23	0.39	0.62	0.80
	31-50	1595	0.5 (0.05)	0.11	0.15	0.25	0.43	0.72	1.09	1.36
	51-70	1284	0.6 (0.06)	0.12	0.16	0.27	0.45	0.75	1.12	1.40
	71+	860	0.6 (0.08)	0.14	0.19	0.31	0.53	0.86	1.26	1.55
	19+	5064	0.5 (0.03)	0.09	0.12	0.22	0.39	0.67	1.04	1.31
All Persons	1+	17889	0.5 (0.03)	0.04	0.07	0.14	0.31	0.62	1.10	1.52

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 A23.

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

Table A23. Total fish and other seafood: 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 (0.03)	0.0 (0.03)	0.1 (0.04)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.05)	0.4 (0.16)	0.6 (0.28)
Children	4-8	0.0 (0.04)	0.0 (0.04)	0.1 (0.05)	0.2 (0.04)	0.3 (0.07)	0.5 (0.20)	0.7 (0.35)
Males	9-13	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.04)	0.5 (0.08)	0.8 (0.12)
	14-18	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.06)	0.6 (0.11)	0.9 (0.16)
	19-30	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.05)	0.6 (0.07)	1.1 (0.10)	1.5 (0.14)
	31-50	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.05)	0.5 (0.07)	1.0 (0.11)	1.7 (0.17)	2.3 (0.23)
	51-70	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.05)	0.5 (0.08)	1.0 (0.13)	1.8 (0.23)	2.5 (0.33)
	71+	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.04)	0.4 (0.07)	0.7 (0.11)	1.3 (0.19)	1.9 (0.27)
	19+	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.04)	0.4 (0.05)	0.9 (0.07)	1.6 (0.12)	2.2 (0.19)
Females	9-13	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.05)	0.4 (0.08)	0.5 (0.10)
	14-18	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.04)	0.3 (0.06)	0.5 (0.10)	0.7 (0.14)
	19-30	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.04)	0.4 (0.06)	0.6 (0.09)	0.8 (0.13)
	31-50	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.04)	0.3 (0.04)	0.4 (0.05)	0.7 (0.07)	1.1 (0.13)	1.4 (0.19)
	51-70	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.05)	0.3 (0.05)	0.5 (0.06)	0.7 (0.08)	1.1 (0.14)	1.4 (0.20)
	71+	0.1 (0.05)	0.2 (0.05)	0.3 (0.06)	0.5 (0.07)	0.9 (0.10)	1.3 (0.17)	1.6 (0.25)
	19+	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.04)	0.4 (0.04)	0.7 (0.04)	1.0 (0.10)	1.3 (0.16)
All	1+	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)	1.1 (0.07)	1.5 (0.11)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

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

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