Usual Intake of Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb, & Game
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. Beef, pork, veal, lamb, and game: Mean (standard error) and percentiles3 of usual intake, 2001-2004
| | Age
(years) | N1 | Cooked Lean Ounce Equivalents4 |
|---|
| Mean (SE)2 | 5% | 10% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 90% | 95% |
|---|
| Children |
1-3 | 1515 | 0.7 (0.04) | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.87 | 1.20 | 1.44 |
|---|
| 4-8 | 1701 | 1.0 (0.06) | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.58 | 0.87 | 1.25 | 1.69 | 1.99 |
|---|
| Males |
9-13 | 1061 | 1.8 (0.11) | 0.71 | 0.91 | 1.27 | 1.73 | 2.25 | 2.78 | 3.13 |
|---|
| 14-18 | 1424 | 2.3 (0.14) | 0.98 | 1.23 | 1.69 | 2.26 | 2.89 | 3.51 | 3.92 |
|---|
| 19-30 | 1100 | 2.5 (0.12) | 0.98 | 1.26 | 1.77 | 2.39 | 3.06 | 3.73 | 4.16 |
|---|
| 31-50 | 1466 | 2.8 (0.12) | 1.16 | 1.47 | 2.02 | 2.69 | 3.43 | 4.16 | 4.63 |
|---|
| 51-70 | 1252 | 2.5 (0.09) | 0.98 | 1.26 | 1.78 | 2.42 | 3.12 | 3.81 | 4.25 |
|---|
| 71+ | 832 | 1.9 (0.11) | 0.66 | 0.86 | 1.28 | 1.82 | 2.42 | 3.03 | 3.41 |
|---|
| 19+ | 4650 | 2.5 (0.07) | 1.00 | 1.27 | 1.81 | 2.47 | 3.19 | 3.91 | 4.36 |
|---|
| Females |
9-13 | 1112 | 1.2 (0.08) | 0.55 | 0.68 | 0.91 | 1.20 | 1.54 | 1.87 | 2.08 |
|---|
| 14-18 | 1362 | 1.3 (0.09) | 0.55 | 0.68 | 0.92 | 1.24 | 1.59 | 1.95 | 2.18 |
|---|
| 19-30 | 1325 | 1.4 (0.11) | 0.62 | 0.76 | 1.04 | 1.39 | 1.80 | 2.20 | 2.45 |
|---|
| 31-50 | 1595 | 1.5 (0.08) | 0.65 | 0.81 | 1.11 | 1.48 | 1.90 | 2.30 | 2.55 |
|---|
| 51-70 | 1284 | 1.5 (0.07) | 0.65 | 0.79 | 1.06 | 1.41 | 1.80 | 2.18 | 2.42 |
|---|
| 71+ | 860 | 1.2 (0.08) | 0.48 | 0.59 | 0.83 | 1.13 | 1.47 | 1.80 | 2.01 |
|---|
| 19+ | 5064 | 1.4 (0.06) | 0.61 | 0.76 | 1.04 | 1.40 | 1.80 | 2.20 | 2.45 |
|---|
| All Persons |
1+ | 17889 | 1.8 (0.04) | 0.52 | 0.71 | 1.08 | 1.62 | 2.34 | 3.18 | 3.71 |
|---|
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 A21.
4: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 ounce cooked lean meat.
Table A21. Beef, pork, veal, lamb, and game: Percentiles (and standard errors) of usual intake, 2001-2004
| | Age
(years) | Cooked Lean Ounce Equivalents2 |
|---|
| 5% (SE)1 | 10% (SE) | 25% (SE) | 50% (SE) | 75% (SE) | 90% (SE) | 95% (SE) |
|---|
| Children |
1-3 | 0.2 (0.06) | 0.2 (0.07) | 0.4 (0.07) | 0.6 (0.06) | 0.9 (0.05) | 1.2 (0.10) | 1.4 (0.17) |
|---|
| 4-8 | 0.3 (0.07) | 0.4 (0.07) | 0.6 (0.07) | 0.9 (0.05) | 1.3 (0.09) | 1.7 (0.20) | 2.0 (0.28) |
|---|
| Males |
9-13 | 0.7 (0.14) | 0.9 (0.15) | 1.3 (0.15) | 1.7 (0.13) | 2.2 (0.14) | 2.8 (0.21) | 3.1 (0.29) |
|---|
| 14-18 | 1.0 (0.15) | 1.2 (0.16) | 1.7 (0.16) | 2.3 (0.15) | 2.9 (0.17) | 3.5 (0.26) | 3.9 (0.36) |
|---|
| 19-30 | 1.0 (0.15) | 1.3 (0.15) | 1.8 (0.14) | 2.4 (0.13) | 3.1 (0.16) | 3.7 (0.27) | 4.2 (0.37) |
|---|
| 31-50 | 1.2 (0.18) | 1.5 (0.17) | 2.0 (0.16) | 2.7 (0.14) | 3.4 (0.15) | 4.2 (0.27) | 4.6 (0.38) |
|---|
| 51-70 | 1.0 (0.16) | 1.3 (0.15) | 1.8 (0.14) | 2.4 (0.11) | 3.1 (0.12) | 3.8 (0.23) | 4.3 (0.33) |
|---|
| 71+ | 0.7 (0.14) | 0.9 (0.14) | 1.3 (0.14) | 1.8 (0.13) | 2.4 (0.11) | 3.0 (0.17) | 3.4 (0.25) |
|---|
| 19+ | 1.0 (0.14) | 1.3 (0.14) | 1.8 (0.13) | 2.5 (0.09) | 3.2 (0.10) | 3.9 (0.22) | 4.4 (0.33) |
|---|
| Females |
9-13 | 0.6 (0.08) | 0.7 (0.08) | 0.9 (0.08) | 1.2 (0.08) | 1.5 (0.10) | 1.9 (0.15) | 2.1 (0.19) |
|---|
| 14-18 | 0.5 (0.09) | 0.7 (0.09) | 0.9 (0.09) | 1.2 (0.09) | 1.6 (0.11) | 1.9 (0.16) | 2.2 (0.21) |
|---|
| 19-30 | 0.6 (0.11) | 0.8 (0.11) | 1.0 (0.11) | 1.4 (0.12) | 1.8 (0.13) | 2.2 (0.18) | 2.5 (0.22) |
|---|
| 31-50 | 0.7 (0.10) | 0.8 (0.10) | 1.1 (0.10) | 1.5 (0.10) | 1.9 (0.09) | 2.3 (0.12) | 2.6 (0.17) |
|---|
| 51-70 | 0.6 (0.08) | 0.8 (0.08) | 1.1 (0.08) | 1.4 (0.08) | 1.8 (0.09) | 2.2 (0.14) | 2.4 (0.19) |
|---|
| 71+ | 0.5 (0.08) | 0.6 (0.08) | 0.8 (0.08) | 1.1 (0.08) | 1.5 (0.09) | 1.8 (0.13) | 2.0 (0.17) |
|---|
| 19+ | 0.6 (0.09) | 0.8 (0.09) | 1.0 (0.08) | 1.4 (0.07) | 1.8 (0.07) | 2.2 (0.12) | 2.5 (0.17) |
|---|
| All |
1+ | 0.5 (0.06) | 0.7 (0.06) | 1.1 (0.06) | 1.6 (0.06) | 2.3 (0.08) | 3.2 (0.10) | 3.7 (0.19) |
|---|
1: Standard error of the percentile.
2: 1 ounce equivalent = 1 ounce cooked lean meat.
Suggested Citation
Suggested citation for information contained on this page:
Usual Intake of Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb, & Game. Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch Web site. Applied Research Program. National Cancer Institute. http://riskfactor.cancer.gov/diet/usualintakes/pop/beef.html. Updated August 25, 2010. Accessed February 17, 2013.
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