Usual Intake of Fish & Other Seafood Low in Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Table 21 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A21 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 21. Fish and other seafood low in omega-3 fatty acids: 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	0.1 (0.03)	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.11	0.14	0.17	0.20
Children	4-8	1701	0.2 (0.03)	0.10	0.11	0.14	0.17	0.21	0.26	0.29
Males	9-13	1061	0.2 (0.03)	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.09	0.21	0.43	0.64
	14-18	1424	0.2 (0.05)	0.01	0.02	0.05	0.11	0.24	0.48	0.71
	19-30	1100	0.3 (0.04)	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.19	0.41	0.79	1.14
	31-50	1466	0.5 (0.06)	0.04	0.07	0.15	0.33	0.70	1.30	1.82
	51-70	1252	0.5 (0.07)	0.04	0.06	0.14	0.31	0.65	1.19	1.66
	71+	832	0.3 (0.06)	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.19	0.42	0.82	1.17
	19+	4650	0.5 (0.04)	0.03	0.05	0.12	0.27	0.59	1.11	1.57
Females	9-13	1112	0.1 (0.03)	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.09	0.17	0.28	0.38
	14-18	1362	0.2 (0.04)	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.16	0.28	0.45	0.59
	19-30	1325	0.3 (0.04)	0.05	0.07	0.12	0.21	0.37	0.59	0.76
	31-50	1595	0.4 (0.04)	0.07	0.10	0.17	0.31	0.52	0.81	1.02
	51-70	1284	0.4 (0.04)	0.08	0.10	0.18	0.31	0.52	0.79	0.99
	71+	860	0.4 (0.05)	0.08	0.11	0.18	0.32	0.53	0.80	0.98
	19+	5064	0.4 (0.02)	0.07	0.09	0.16	0.29	0.49	0.76	0.96
All Persons	1+	17889	0.4 (0.02)	0.04	0.06	0.11	0.22	0.44	0.79	1.09

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 A21.

4: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 ounce cooked lean fish.

Table A21. Fish and other seafood low in omega-3 fatty acids: 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	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.05)	0.2 (0.07)
Children	4-8	0.1 (0.05)	0.1 (0.05)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.04)	0.2 (0.04)	0.3 (0.06)	0.3 (0.09)
Males	9-13	0.0 (0.00)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.07)	0.6 (0.10)
	14-18	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.06)	0.5 (0.12)	0.7 (0.17)
	19-30	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.05)	0.8 (0.09)	1.1 (0.12)
	31-50	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.05)	0.7 (0.09)	1.3 (0.13)	1.8 (0.19)
	51-70	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.3 (0.04)	0.6 (0.09)	1.2 (0.17)	1.7 (0.25)
	71+	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.07)	0.8 (0.14)	1.2 (0.22)
	19+	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.6 (0.05)	1.1 (0.10)	1.6 (0.15)
Females	9-13	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.07)	0.4 (0.10)
	14-18	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.03)	0.3 (0.05)	0.5 (0.08)	0.6 (0.12)
	19-30	0.0 (0.02)	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.04)	0.4 (0.05)	0.6 (0.07)	0.8 (0.11)
	31-50	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.04)	0.3 (0.04)	0.5 (0.05)	0.8 (0.10)	1.0 (0.15)
	51-70	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.04)	0.3 (0.05)	0.5 (0.06)	0.8 (0.10)	1.0 (0.14)
	71+	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.04)	0.3 (0.05)	0.5 (0.07)	0.8 (0.13)	1.0 (0.17)
	19+	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.04)	0.3 (0.03)	0.5 (0.03)	0.8 (0.08)	1.0 (0.12)
All	1+	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.8 (0.06)	1.1 (0.10)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

2: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 ounce cooked lean fish.

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