Usual Intake of Solid Fats

Table 34 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A34 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.

Table 34. Solid fats: 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	Grams
Children	1-3	1515	37.9 (0.71)	20.34	23.48	29.27	36.75	45.23	53.70	59.10
Children	4-8	1701	44.5 (0.93)	24.99	28.54	35.13	43.37	52.71	61.90	68.01
Males	9-13	1061	53.9 (1.43)	27.34	31.89	40.71	52.01	65.05	78.10	86.65
	14-18	1424	60.4 (1.59)	31.67	36.92	46.43	58.57	72.51	86.08	95.03
	19-30	1100	60.4 (1.74)	31.56	36.73	46.48	58.65	72.38	86.37	95.21
	31-50	1466	59.1 (1.38)	30.84	35.84	45.34	57.36	70.89	84.65	93.32
	51-70	1252	50.4 (1.14)	24.80	29.33	37.74	48.64	61.05	73.73	81.94
	71+	832	43.0 (0.97)	20.09	24.01	31.45	41.14	52.59	64.19	71.99
	19+	4650	55.7 (0.73)	27.31	32.25	41.67	53.81	67.58	81.36	90.41
Females	9-13	1112	45.2 (1.18)	22.58	26.42	33.95	43.68	54.80	65.94	73.10
	14-18	1362	42.4 (1.04)	20.53	24.33	31.54	40.71	51.47	62.46	69.73
	19-30	1324	44.4 (1.21)	21.93	25.90	33.26	42.79	53.80	64.96	72.27
	31-50	1595	41.2 (1.00)	19.90	23.58	30.56	39.65	50.23	61.06	67.94
	51-70	1284	35.7 (0.66)	16.20	19.55	25.89	34.07	43.83	53.84	60.52
	71+	860	33.0 (0.71)	14.56	17.69	23.55	31.43	40.70	50.16	56.63
	19+	5063	39.5 (0.52)	18.09	21.69	28.65	37.82	48.53	59.55	66.69
All Persons	1+	17888	47.2 (0.42)	21.28	25.52	33.78	44.77	58.05	72.08	81.39

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 A34.

Table A34. Solid fats: 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)	Grams
Children	1-3	20.3 (1.18)	23.5 (1.03)	29.3 (0.73)	36.7 (0.63)	45.2 (1.23)	53.7 (2.14)	59.1 (2.81)
Children	4-8	25.0 (1.30)	28.5 (1.11)	35.1 (0.77)	43.4 (0.80)	52.7 (1.55)	61.9 (2.58)	68.0 (3.37)
Males	9-13	27.3 (1.46)	31.9 (1.36)	40.7 (1.24)	52.0 (1.38)	65.0 (1.94)	78.1 (2.78)	86.6 (3.41)
	14-18	31.7 (2.08)	36.9 (2.00)	46.4 (1.76)	58.6 (1.63)	72.5 (1.82)	86.1 (2.40)	95.0 (2.90)
	19-30	31.6 (1.42)	36.7 (1.35)	46.5 (1.36)	58.7 (1.65)	72.4 (2.33)	86.4 (3.27)	95.2 (3.99)
	31-50	30.8 (2.05)	35.8 (1.92)	45.3 (1.71)	57.4 (1.45)	70.9 (1.49)	84.7 (1.93)	93.3 (2.43)
	51-70	24.8 (1.37)	29.3 (1.28)	37.7 (1.12)	48.6 (1.12)	61.1 (1.55)	73.7 (2.28)	81.9 (2.86)
	71+	20.1 (1.20)	24.0 (1.12)	31.4 (0.99)	41.1 (0.94)	52.6 (1.34)	64.2 (1.94)	72.0 (2.51)
	19+	27.3 (1.31)	32.2 (1.21)	41.7 (0.97)	53.8 (0.75)	67.6 (1.07)	81.4 (1.86)	90.4 (2.42)
Females	9-13	22.6 (0.98)	26.4 (0.98)	33.9 (1.00)	43.7 (1.15)	54.8 (1.49)	65.9 (2.07)	73.1 (2.42)
	14-18	20.5 (1.21)	24.3 (1.17)	31.5 (1.13)	40.7 (1.08)	51.5 (1.21)	62.5 (1.47)	69.7 (1.77)
	19-30	21.9 (1.13)	25.9 (1.10)	33.3 (1.09)	42.8 (1.18)	53.8 (1.50)	65.0 (1.98)	72.3 (2.37)
	31-50	19.9 (0.90)	23.6 (0.87)	30.6 (0.85)	39.7 (0.94)	50.2 (1.29)	61.1 (1.84)	67.9 (2.23)
	51-70	16.2 (0.94)	19.6 (0.93)	25.9 (0.82)	34.1 (0.69)	43.8 (0.75)	53.8 (1.10)	60.5 (1.44)
	71+	14.6 (0.75)	17.7 (0.76)	23.5 (0.69)	31.4 (0.69)	40.7 (0.94)	50.2 (1.32)	56.6 (1.67)
	19+	18.1 (0.80)	21.7 (0.74)	28.7 (0.58)	37.8 (0.49)	48.5 (0.78)	59.6 (1.31)	66.7 (1.71)
All	1+	21.3 (0.70)	25.5 (0.61)	33.8 (0.48)	44.8 (0.45)	58.1 (0.64)	72.1 (1.14)	81.4 (1.65)

1: Standard error of the percentile.

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