Usual Intake of White Potatoes

Table 9 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A9 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 9. White 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	0.2 (0.01)	0.07	0.09	0.14	0.21	0.31	0.42	0.50
Children	4-8	1701	0.3 (0.02)	0.10	0.13	0.19	0.28	0.40	0.54	0.64
Males	9-13	1061	0.4 (0.03)	0.13	0.17	0.24	0.35	0.46	0.56	0.61
	14-18	1424	0.5 (0.03)	0.19	0.23	0.33	0.46	0.60	0.71	0.78
	19-30	1100	0.5 (0.03)	0.18	0.23	0.33	0.46	0.60	0.71	0.78
	31-50	1466	0.5 (0.02)	0.19	0.24	0.34	0.47	0.60	0.71	0.78
	51-70	1252	0.5 (0.03)	0.18	0.23	0.32	0.45	0.59	0.70	0.77
	71+	832	0.4 (0.02)	0.15	0.19	0.28	0.39	0.51	0.61	0.67
	19+	4650	0.5 (0.02)	0.18	0.23	0.33	0.46	0.59	0.71	0.77
Females	9-13	1112	0.3 (0.02)	0.14	0.17	0.23	0.32	0.43	0.55	0.62
	14-18	1362	0.3 (0.02)	0.13	0.16	0.22	0.32	0.43	0.55	0.64
	19-30	1325	0.4 (0.02)	0.14	0.17	0.24	0.34	0.45	0.58	0.66
	31-50	1595	0.3 (0.01)	0.11	0.14	0.20	0.29	0.40	0.51	0.59
	51-70	1284	0.3 (0.01)	0.11	0.14	0.20	0.28	0.39	0.50	0.58
	71+	860	0.3 (0.02)	0.12	0.15	0.21	0.29	0.40	0.51	0.59
	19+	5064	0.3 (0.01)	0.12	0.15	0.21	0.30	0.41	0.53	0.60
All Persons	1+	17889	0.4 (0.01)	0.13	0.16	0.24	0.35	0.49	0.63	0.71

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 A9.

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

Table A9. White 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	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.5 (0.05)
Children	4-8	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.5 (0.04)	0.6 (0.05)
Males	9-13	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)	0.6 (0.05)
	14-18	0.2 (0.03)	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.03)	0.5 (0.04)	0.6 (0.04)	0.7 (0.05)	0.8 (0.05)
	19-30	0.2 (0.03)	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.03)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.03)	0.7 (0.04)	0.8 (0.05)
	31-50	0.2 (0.03)	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.02)	0.6 (0.02)	0.7 (0.03)	0.8 (0.04)
	51-70	0.2 (0.03)	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.03)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)	0.7 (0.04)	0.8 (0.05)
	71+	0.2 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.03)	0.7 (0.04)
	19+	0.2 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.02)	0.6 (0.02)	0.7 (0.03)	0.8 (0.04)
Females	9-13	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.5 (0.04)	0.6 (0.05)
	14-18	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.6 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)
	19-30	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)	0.7 (0.05)
	31-50	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.01)	0.4 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)
	51-70	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.01)	0.3 (0.01)	0.4 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)
	71+	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)
	19+	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.01)	0.3 (0.01)	0.4 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)
All	1+	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.3 (0.01)	0.5 (0.01)	0.6 (0.02)	0.7 (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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