Usual Intake of Starchy Vegetables, Other Than Potatoes

Table 10 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A10 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 10. Starchy vegetables, other than potatoes: 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	0.1 (0.01)	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.03	0.07	0.14	0.20
Children	4-8	1701	0.1 (0.01)	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.08	0.16	0.23
Males	9-13	1061	0.1 (0.01)	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.14	0.18
	14-18	1424	0.0 (0.01)	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.09	0.12
	19-30	1100	0.1 (0.01)	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.14	0.18
	31-50	1466	0.1 (0.01)	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.12	0.19	0.25
	51-70	1252	0.1 (0.01)	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.15	0.24	0.31
	71+	832	0.1 (0.01)	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.09	0.15	0.24	0.30
	19+	4650	0.1 (0.00)	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.12	0.20	0.26
Females	9-13	1112	0.1 (0.01)	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.09	0.14	0.18
	14-18	1362	0.0 (0.01)	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.09	0.12
	19-30	1325	0.1 (0.01)	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.09	0.14	0.18
	31-50	1595	0.1 (0.01)	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.07	0.11	0.17	0.22
	51-70	1284	0.1 (0.01)	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.07	0.11	0.17	0.22
	71+	860	0.1 (0.01)	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.09	0.14	0.20	0.25
	19+	5064	0.1 (0.00)	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.06	0.11	0.17	0.22
All Persons	1+	17889	0.1 (0.00)	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.06	0.10	0.17	0.22

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 A10.

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

Table A10. Starchy vegetables, other than potatoes: 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	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)
Children	4-8	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)
Males	9-13	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.03)
	14-18	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)
	19-30	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)
	31-50	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)
	51-70	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.04)
	71+	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.04)
	19+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)
Females	9-13	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)
	14-18	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)
	19-30	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)
	31-50	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)
	51-70	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)
	71+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)
	19+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)
All	1+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

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

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