Usual Intake of Nuts & Seeds

Table 27 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A27 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 27. Nuts and seeds: 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 (0.02)	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.11	0.25	0.44	0.60
Children	4-8	1701	0.3 (0.03)	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.17	0.37	0.62	0.82
Males	9-13	1061	0.5 (0.07)	0.02	0.04	0.11	0.28	0.64	1.27	1.83
	14-18	1424	0.3 (0.05)	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.15	0.38	0.79	1.19
	19-30	1100	0.5 (0.06)	0.02	0.04	0.11	0.28	0.66	1.30	1.91
	31-50	1466	0.7 (0.06)	0.03	0.06	0.15	0.38	0.87	1.67	2.37
	51-70	1252	0.8 (0.06)	0.04	0.07	0.18	0.44	0.97	1.84	2.60
	71+	832	0.6 (0.06)	0.03	0.05	0.14	0.34	0.78	1.48	2.10
	19+	4650	0.7 (0.04)	0.03	0.06	0.14	0.37	0.84	1.61	2.32
Females	9-13	1112	0.3 (0.07)	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.13	0.38	0.88	1.36
	14-18	1362	0.3 (0.04)	0.00	0.01	0.03	0.11	0.36	0.86	1.38
	19-30	1325	0.4 (0.05)	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.14	0.43	1.02	1.61
	31-50	1595	0.5 (0.05)	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.21	0.60	1.34	2.05
	51-70	1284	0.6 (0.05)	0.01	0.02	0.07	0.25	0.69	1.51	2.30
	71+	860	0.5 (0.07)	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.20	0.57	1.27	1.94
	19+	5064	0.5 (0.03)	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.20	0.58	1.30	1.99
All Persons	1+	17889	0.5 (0.02)	0.01	0.02	0.08	0.24	0.61	1.28	1.94

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 A27.

4: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 tablespoon peanut butter; 1/2 ounce nuts or seeds.

Table A27. Nuts and seeds: 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 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.04)	0.6 (0.08)
Children	4-8	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.04)	0.4 (0.04)	0.6 (0.06)	0.8 (0.11)
Males	9-13	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.05)	0.6 (0.09)	1.3 (0.18)	1.8 (0.27)
	14-18	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.06)	0.8 (0.11)	1.2 (0.17)
	19-30	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.06)	0.7 (0.09)	1.3 (0.14)	1.9 (0.19)
	31-50	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.04)	0.9 (0.07)	1.7 (0.16)	2.4 (0.27)
	51-70	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.05)	1.0 (0.08)	1.8 (0.16)	2.6 (0.28)
	71+	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.05)	0.8 (0.09)	1.5 (0.16)	2.1 (0.24)
	19+	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.4 (0.04)	0.8 (0.06)	1.6 (0.11)	2.3 (0.20)
Females	9-13	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.03)	0.4 (0.08)	0.9 (0.17)	1.4 (0.26)
	14-18	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.4 (0.05)	0.9 (0.10)	1.4 (0.16)
	19-30	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.03)	0.4 (0.06)	1.0 (0.12)	1.6 (0.18)
	31-50	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.03)	0.6 (0.06)	1.3 (0.13)	2.1 (0.21)
	51-70	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.03)	0.7 (0.07)	1.5 (0.13)	2.3 (0.20)
	71+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.03)	0.6 (0.07)	1.3 (0.16)	1.9 (0.25)
	19+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.6 (0.04)	1.3 (0.08)	2.0 (0.14)
All	1+	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.00)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.6 (0.03)	1.3 (0.06)	1.9 (0.11)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

2: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 tablespoon peanut butter; 1/2 ounce nuts or seeds.

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