Usual Intake of Added Sugars^*

Table 35 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A35 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 35. Added sugars^*: 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	Teaspoons⁴
Children	1-3	1515	12.2 (0.33)	4.31	5.48	7.88	11.30	15.57	20.13	23.19
Children	4-8	1701	21.0 (0.54)	9.21	11.17	14.89	19.89	25.96	32.23	36.39
Males	9-13	1061	29.2 (0.92)	9.75	12.58	18.46	26.82	37.41	48.80	56.60
	14-18	1424	34.3 (1.03)	12.35	15.76	22.53	31.94	43.67	55.91	64.20
	19-30	1100	32.0 (1.29)	11.04	14.22	20.71	29.70	40.84	52.90	60.93
	31-50	1466	27.7 (0.63)	8.96	11.68	17.37	25.49	35.60	46.63	54.15
	51-70	1252	18.9 (0.67)	4.88	6.73	10.77	16.86	24.81	33.73	39.97
	71+	832	16.1 (0.30)	3.82	5.36	8.79	14.11	21.31	29.45	35.28
	19+	4650	25.4 (0.48)	6.66	9.11	14.61	22.83	33.34	44.94	52.85
Females	9-13	1112	23.2 (0.82)	7.50	9.68	14.42	21.24	29.80	39.10	45.38
	14-18	1362	25.2 (0.71)	8.42	10.89	16.02	23.17	32.24	42.20	49.08
	19-30	1324	24.3 (0.87)	7.99	10.40	15.30	22.32	31.17	40.82	47.34
	31-50	1595	18.9 (0.50)	5.48	7.34	11.27	17.08	24.60	33.01	38.63
	51-70	1284	14.3 (0.36)	3.49	4.89	7.98	12.61	18.86	26.00	31.07
	71+	860	13.4 (0.42)	3.14	4.45	7.26	11.70	17.66	24.37	29.25
	19+	5063	18.3 (0.37)	4.56	6.30	10.19	16.15	24.07	33.04	39.38
All Persons	1+	17888	22.2 (0.29)	5.65	7.75	12.42	19.55	29.07	40.09	47.81

*: Includes white, brown and raw sugar, syrup, honey, and molasses that were eaten separately or used as ingredients in processed or prepared foods such as breads, cakes, soft drinks, jams, and ice cream.

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 A35.

4: One teaspoon of added sugars = the same amount of total sugars as 1 teaspoon (4 g) of table sugar (sucrose).

Table A35. Added sugars^*: 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)	Teaspoons²
Children	1-3	4.3 (0.33)	5.5 (0.33)	7.9 (0.34)	11.3 (0.34)	15.6 (0.40)	20.1 (0.54)	23.2 (0.66)
Children	4-8	9.2 (0.51)	11.2 (0.51)	14.9 (0.51)	19.9 (0.55)	26.0 (0.66)	32.2 (0.86)	36.4 (1.04)
Males	9-13	9.7 (0.73)	12.6 (0.79)	18.5 (0.87)	26.8 (0.98)	37.4 (1.12)	48.8 (1.45)	56.6 (1.72)
	14-18	12.4 (0.66)	15.8 (0.69)	22.5 (0.75)	31.9 (0.93)	43.7 (1.38)	55.9 (1.96)	64.2 (2.45)
	19-30	11.0 (0.98)	14.2 (1.04)	20.7 (1.15)	29.7 (1.28)	40.8 (1.55)	52.9 (1.94)	60.9 (2.27)
	31-50	9.0 (0.63)	11.7 (0.64)	17.4 (0.65)	25.5 (0.65)	35.6 (0.79)	46.6 (1.16)	54.1 (1.48)
	51-70	4.9 (0.39)	6.7 (0.44)	10.8 (0.52)	16.9 (0.64)	24.8 (0.89)	33.7 (1.23)	40.0 (1.58)
	71+	3.8 (0.34)	5.4 (0.37)	8.8 (0.37)	14.1 (0.33)	21.3 (0.41)	29.4 (0.70)	35.3 (0.97)
	19+	6.7 (0.41)	9.1 (0.44)	14.6 (0.45)	22.8 (0.48)	33.3 (0.65)	44.9 (1.04)	52.9 (1.37)
Females	9-13	7.5 (0.42)	9.7 (0.48)	14.4 (0.60)	21.2 (0.77)	29.8 (1.02)	39.1 (1.33)	45.4 (1.59)
	14-18	8.4 (0.51)	10.9 (0.55)	16.0 (0.61)	23.2 (0.69)	32.2 (0.85)	42.2 (1.09)	49.1 (1.33)
	19-30	8.0 (0.50)	10.4 (0.56)	15.3 (0.70)	22.3 (0.84)	31.2 (1.09)	40.8 (1.33)	47.3 (1.53)
	31-50	5.5 (0.27)	7.3 (0.30)	11.3 (0.37)	17.1 (0.47)	24.6 (0.65)	33.0 (0.90)	38.6 (1.09)
	51-70	3.5 (0.21)	4.9 (0.24)	8.0 (0.28)	12.6 (0.36)	18.9 (0.47)	26.0 (0.64)	31.1 (0.82)
	71+	3.1 (0.18)	4.4 (0.23)	7.3 (0.29)	11.7 (0.39)	17.7 (0.56)	24.4 (0.79)	29.3 (0.94)
	19+	4.6 (0.21)	6.3 (0.24)	10.2 (0.27)	16.2 (0.35)	24.1 (0.52)	33.0 (0.77)	39.4 (0.98)
All	1+	5.7 (0.17)	7.8 (0.18)	12.4 (0.22)	19.5 (0.28)	29.1 (0.38)	40.1 (0.59)	47.8 (0.81)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

2: One teaspoon of added sugars = the same amount of total sugars as 1 teaspoon (4 g) of table sugar (sucrose).

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Usual Intake of Added Sugars*

Usual Intake of Added Sugars^*