Usual Intake of Total Vegetables, Excluding Cooked Dry Beans & Peas

Table 13 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A13 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 13. Total vegetables, excluding cooked dry beans and peas: 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	0.7 (0.02)	0.28	0.35	0.48	0.66	0.88	1.12	1.29
Children	4-8	1701	0.9 (0.03)	0.39	0.47	0.64	0.86	1.12	1.40	1.59
Males	9-13	1061	1.2 (0.06)	0.42	0.53	0.76	1.10	1.53	1.99	2.31
	14-18	1424	1.4 (0.08)	0.52	0.66	0.93	1.31	1.79	2.29	2.63
	19-30	1100	1.7 (0.05)	0.69	0.85	1.18	1.63	2.16	2.73	3.10
	31-50	1466	1.9 (0.05)	0.78	0.95	1.30	1.77	2.33	2.93	3.31
	51-70	1252	1.8 (0.06)	0.75	0.92	1.26	1.72	2.28	2.87	3.25
	71+	832	1.5 (0.05)	0.60	0.75	1.04	1.44	1.95	2.47	2.84
	19+	4650	1.8 (0.04)	0.73	0.90	1.23	1.69	2.24	2.82	3.21
Females	9-13	1112	1.1 (0.04)	0.44	0.54	0.74	1.02	1.36	1.73	1.96
	14-18	1362	1.1 (0.04)	0.45	0.55	0.76	1.04	1.39	1.76	2.01
	19-30	1324	1.4 (0.05)	0.62	0.75	1.00	1.34	1.75	2.17	2.45
	31-50	1595	1.5 (0.04)	0.67	0.81	1.07	1.42	1.84	2.28	2.56
	51-70	1284	1.6 (0.04)	0.71	0.85	1.13	1.49	1.92	2.37	2.67
	71+	860	1.4 (0.05)	0.63	0.76	1.01	1.35	1.76	2.18	2.46
	19+	5063	1.5 (0.03)	0.66	0.80	1.06	1.41	1.83	2.27	2.56
All Persons	1+	17888	1.5 (0.02)	0.53	0.67	0.96	1.37	1.88	2.42	2.80

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 A13.

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

Table A13. Total vegetables, excluding cooked dry beans and peas: 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	0.3 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.01)	0.7 (0.02)	0.9 (0.03)	1.1 (0.05)	1.3 (0.07)
Children	4-8	0.4 (0.04)	0.5 (0.04)	0.6 (0.03)	0.9 (0.03)	1.1 (0.04)	1.4 (0.06)	1.6 (0.07)
Males	9-13	0.4 (0.05)	0.5 (0.06)	0.8 (0.06)	1.1 (0.06)	1.5 (0.07)	2.0 (0.08)	2.3 (0.09)
	14-18	0.5 (0.05)	0.7 (0.06)	0.9 (0.06)	1.3 (0.08)	1.8 (0.10)	2.3 (0.13)	2.6 (0.15)
	19-30	0.7 (0.05)	0.9 (0.05)	1.2 (0.05)	1.6 (0.05)	2.2 (0.07)	2.7 (0.10)	3.1 (0.13)
	31-50	0.8 (0.06)	1.0 (0.06)	1.3 (0.06)	1.8 (0.05)	2.3 (0.06)	2.9 (0.09)	3.3 (0.12)
	51-70	0.8 (0.05)	0.9 (0.05)	1.3 (0.05)	1.7 (0.05)	2.3 (0.08)	2.9 (0.11)	3.3 (0.14)
	71+	0.6 (0.06)	0.7 (0.06)	1.0 (0.06)	1.4 (0.06)	1.9 (0.07)	2.5 (0.09)	2.8 (0.12)
	19+	0.7 (0.05)	0.9 (0.05)	1.2 (0.04)	1.7 (0.04)	2.2 (0.05)	2.8 (0.08)	3.2 (0.11)
Females	9-13	0.4 (0.03)	0.5 (0.03)	0.7 (0.03)	1.0 (0.04)	1.4 (0.05)	1.7 (0.08)	2.0 (0.09)
	14-18	0.4 (0.04)	0.6 (0.04)	0.8 (0.04)	1.0 (0.04)	1.4 (0.05)	1.8 (0.07)	2.0 (0.08)
	19-30	0.6 (0.05)	0.8 (0.05)	1.0 (0.05)	1.3 (0.05)	1.8 (0.06)	2.2 (0.08)	2.5 (0.10)
	31-50	0.7 (0.05)	0.8 (0.05)	1.1 (0.04)	1.4 (0.04)	1.8 (0.05)	2.3 (0.07)	2.6 (0.09)
	51-70	0.7 (0.05)	0.9 (0.05)	1.1 (0.04)	1.5 (0.04)	1.9 (0.06)	2.4 (0.08)	2.7 (0.11)
	71+	0.6 (0.04)	0.8 (0.04)	1.0 (0.04)	1.4 (0.05)	1.8 (0.07)	2.2 (0.10)	2.5 (0.12)
	19+	0.7 (0.04)	0.8 (0.04)	1.1 (0.03)	1.4 (0.03)	1.8 (0.04)	2.3 (0.06)	2.6 (0.09)
All	1+	0.5 (0.02)	0.7 (0.02)	1.0 (0.02)	1.4 (0.02)	1.9 (0.03)	2.4 (0.05)	2.8 (0.07)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

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

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