Usual Intake of Eggs

Table 25 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A25 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 25. Eggs: 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	0.3 (0.03)	0.07	0.10	0.14	0.23	0.35	0.53	0.67
Children	4-8	1701	0.2 (0.03)	0.05	0.07	0.11	0.17	0.27	0.41	0.52
Males	9-13	1061	0.3 (0.03)	0.02	0.04	0.08	0.17	0.35	0.63	0.90
	14-18	1424	0.4 (0.03)	0.03	0.05	0.11	0.22	0.44	0.79	1.11
	19-30	1100	0.4 (0.04)	0.04	0.06	0.13	0.26	0.51	0.91	1.25
	31-50	1466	0.6 (0.03)	0.06	0.10	0.19	0.38	0.72	1.26	1.72
	51-70	1252	0.6 (0.05)	0.07	0.10	0.20	0.39	0.75	1.28	1.75
	71+	832	0.6 (0.04)	0.07	0.10	0.20	0.39	0.75	1.28	1.75
	19+	4650	0.5 (0.02)	0.06	0.09	0.17	0.35	0.68	1.19	1.64
Females	9-13	1112	0.2 (0.03)	0.03	0.05	0.08	0.16	0.30	0.49	0.65
	14-18	1362	0.2 (0.02)	0.03	0.04	0.08	0.15	0.27	0.44	0.60
	19-30	1325	0.3 (0.02)	0.05	0.07	0.12	0.22	0.40	0.64	0.84
	31-50	1595	0.3 (0.03)	0.06	0.08	0.14	0.26	0.45	0.72	0.94
	51-70	1284	0.4 (0.03)	0.08	0.11	0.19	0.33	0.56	0.88	1.14
	71+	860	0.3 (0.03)	0.06	0.08	0.15	0.26	0.45	0.71	0.92
	19+	5064	0.4 (0.02)	0.06	0.08	0.15	0.27	0.47	0.74	0.97
All Persons	1+	17889	0.4 (0.01)	0.05	0.07	0.14	0.26	0.49	0.85	1.18

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 A25.

4: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 egg.

Table A25. Eggs: 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 (0.04)	0.1 (0.04)	0.1 (0.04)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.05)	0.5 (0.10)	0.7 (0.15)
Children	4-8	0.1 (0.04)	0.1 (0.03)	0.1 (0.03)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.04)	0.4 (0.08)	0.5 (0.12)
Males	9-13	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.04)	0.6 (0.07)	0.9 (0.11)
	14-18	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.04)	0.8 (0.06)	1.1 (0.10)
	19-30	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.5 (0.05)	0.9 (0.08)	1.3 (0.11)
	31-50	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.04)	0.7 (0.04)	1.3 (0.06)	1.7 (0.09)
	51-70	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.03)	0.4 (0.05)	0.7 (0.07)	1.3 (0.11)	1.8 (0.16)
	71+	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.7 (0.05)	1.3 (0.11)	1.7 (0.17)
	19+	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.7 (0.04)	1.2 (0.05)	1.6 (0.09)
Females	9-13	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.5 (0.06)	0.7 (0.08)
	14-18	0.0 (0.01)	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.4 (0.05)	0.6 (0.08)
	19-30	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.2 (0.02)	0.4 (0.03)	0.6 (0.06)	0.8 (0.10)
	31-50	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.02)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.04)	0.7 (0.08)	0.9 (0.12)
	51-70	0.1 (0.02)	0.1 (0.02)	0.2 (0.02)	0.3 (0.03)	0.6 (0.04)	0.9 (0.08)	1.1 (0.12)
	71+	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.3 (0.02)	0.5 (0.03)	0.7 (0.08)	0.9 (0.12)
	19+	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.3 (0.01)	0.5 (0.02)	0.7 (0.06)	1.0 (0.10)
All	1+	0.0 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.1 (0.01)	0.3 (0.01)	0.5 (0.02)	0.9 (0.04)	1.2 (0.07)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

2: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 egg.

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