Usual Intake of Tomatoes

Table 11 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A11 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 11. Tomatoes: 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)	0.04	0.06	0.09	0.15	0.22	0.30	0.36
Children	4-8	1701	0.2 (0.01)	0.08	0.10	0.15	0.22	0.31	0.41	0.48
Males	9-13	1061	0.4 (0.02)	0.11	0.15	0.23	0.35	0.50	0.67	0.78
	14-18	1424	0.4 (0.03)	0.13	0.18	0.27	0.39	0.55	0.72	0.84
	19-30	1100	0.5 (0.03)	0.15	0.20	0.31	0.46	0.65	0.84	0.98
	31-50	1466	0.4 (0.02)	0.14	0.18	0.27	0.40	0.56	0.74	0.86
	51-70	1252	0.4 (0.02)	0.10	0.14	0.23	0.35	0.50	0.67	0.78
	71+	832	0.3 (0.03)	0.07	0.10	0.17	0.27	0.41	0.56	0.67
	19+	4650	0.4 (0.02)	0.12	0.16	0.25	0.39	0.56	0.74	0.87
Females	9-13	1112	0.3 (0.01)	0.08	0.11	0.16	0.24	0.35	0.47	0.56
	14-18	1362	0.3 (0.02)	0.09	0.12	0.18	0.27	0.39	0.52	0.62
	19-30	1325	0.4 (0.02)	0.12	0.16	0.23	0.34	0.48	0.63	0.74
	31-50	1595	0.3 (0.01)	0.09	0.12	0.18	0.27	0.39	0.53	0.62
	51-70	1284	0.3 (0.02)	0.10	0.13	0.19	0.28	0.41	0.55	0.65
	71+	860	0.3 (0.02)	0.07	0.09	0.15	0.23	0.34	0.46	0.55
	19+	5064	0.3 (0.01)	0.09	0.12	0.19	0.28	0.41	0.55	0.65
All Persons	1+	17889	0.3 (0.01)	0.09	0.12	0.19	0.31	0.46	0.63	0.75

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 A11.

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

Table A11. Tomatoes: 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	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.3 (0.03)	0.4 (0.04)
Children	4-8	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.5 (0.05)
Males	9-13	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.7 (0.05)	0.8 (0.06)
	14-18	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.7 (0.05)	0.8 (0.07)
	19-30	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)	0.8 (0.06)	1.0 (0.07)
	31-50	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.6 (0.03)	0.7 (0.05)	0.9 (0.07)
	51-70	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.7 (0.04)	0.8 (0.05)
	71+	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.4 (0.03)	0.6 (0.05)	0.7 (0.06)
	19+	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.4 (0.02)	0.6 (0.02)	0.7 (0.04)	0.9 (0.06)
Females	9-13	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.4 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)
	14-18	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)
	19-30	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.02)	0.6 (0.03)	0.7 (0.04)
	31-50	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)
	51-70	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)
	71+	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.5 (0.04)	0.5 (0.05)
	19+	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.01)	0.4 (0.01)	0.6 (0.02)	0.7 (0.03)
All	1+	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.01)	0.3 (0.01)	0.5 (0.01)	0.6 (0.02)	0.8 (0.04)

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.

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