Usual Intake of Total Vegetables, Including Cooked Dry Beans & Peas
Table 17 includes the mean, standard error of the mean, and percentiles of the distribution of intake; Appendix Table A17 provides percentile values (rounded) and their standard errors.
Table 17. Total vegetables, including cooked dry beans and peas: Mean (standard error) and percentiles3 of usual intake, 2001-2004
| | Age
(years) | N1 | Cup Equivalents4 |
|---|
| Mean (SE)2 | 5% | 10% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 90% | 95% |
|---|
| Children |
1-3 | 1515 | 0.8 (0.02) | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.95 | 1.21 | 1.39 |
|---|
| 4-8 | 1701 | 1.0 (0.03) | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.66 | 0.90 | 1.19 | 1.49 | 1.70 |
|---|
| Males |
9-13 | 1061 | 1.3 (0.07) | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.82 | 1.17 | 1.63 | 2.12 | 2.45 |
|---|
| 14-18 | 1424 | 1.5 (0.08) | 0.56 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 1.40 | 1.90 | 2.42 | 2.78 |
|---|
| 19-30 | 1100 | 1.9 (0.05) | 0.75 | 0.93 | 1.28 | 1.76 | 2.33 | 2.93 | 3.33 |
|---|
| 31-50 | 1466 | 2.0 (0.05) | 0.86 | 1.05 | 1.43 | 1.94 | 2.54 | 3.17 | 3.57 |
|---|
| 51-70 | 1252 | 1.9 (0.06) | 0.81 | 0.99 | 1.35 | 1.84 | 2.43 | 3.04 | 3.45 |
|---|
| 71+ | 832 | 1.7 (0.05) | 0.65 | 0.81 | 1.12 | 1.55 | 2.08 | 2.64 | 3.02 |
|---|
| 19+ | 4650 | 1.9 (0.03) | 0.80 | 0.98 | 1.34 | 1.83 | 2.42 | 3.04 | 3.45 |
|---|
| Females |
9-13 | 1112 | 1.2 (0.04) | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.79 | 1.09 | 1.45 | 1.83 | 2.08 |
|---|
| 14-18 | 1362 | 1.2 (0.04) | 0.47 | 0.58 | 0.80 | 1.09 | 1.46 | 1.84 | 2.10 |
|---|
| 19-30 | 1324 | 1.5 (0.05) | 0.67 | 0.81 | 1.08 | 1.44 | 1.87 | 2.31 | 2.60 |
|---|
| 31-50 | 1595 | 1.6 (0.04) | 0.71 | 0.86 | 1.13 | 1.50 | 1.93 | 2.39 | 2.68 |
|---|
| 51-70 | 1284 | 1.7 (0.04) | 0.76 | 0.91 | 1.20 | 1.57 | 2.02 | 2.49 | 2.79 |
|---|
| 71+ | 860 | 1.5 (0.05) | 0.67 | 0.81 | 1.07 | 1.43 | 1.85 | 2.28 | 2.57 |
|---|
| 19+ | 5063 | 1.6 (0.03) | 0.71 | 0.85 | 1.13 | 1.50 | 1.93 | 2.39 | 2.69 |
|---|
| All Persons |
1+ | 17888 | 1.6 (0.02) | 0.56 | 0.72 | 1.03 | 1.47 | 2.01 | 2.59 | 2.98 |
|---|
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 A17.
4: 1 cup equivalent = 1 cup cut-up raw or cooked vegetables; 1/2 cup dried vegetables; 1 cup juice; 2 cups raw leafy greens; 1 cup cooked dry beans or peas.
Table A17. Total vegetables, including cooked dry beans and peas: Percentiles (and standard errors) of usual intake, 2001-2004
| | Age
(years) | Cup Equivalents2 |
|---|
| 5% (SE)1 | 10% (SE) | 25% (SE) | 50% (SE) | 75% (SE) | 90% (SE) | 95% (SE) |
|---|
| Children |
1-3 | 0.3 (0.02) | 0.4 (0.02) | 0.5 (0.02) | 0.7 (0.02) | 0.9 (0.03) | 1.2 (0.05) | 1.4 (0.07) |
|---|
| 4-8 | 0.4 (0.04) | 0.5 (0.04) | 0.7 (0.04) | 0.9 (0.04) | 1.2 (0.04) | 1.5 (0.06) | 1.7 (0.07) |
|---|
| Males |
9-13 | 0.4 (0.06) | 0.6 (0.06) | 0.8 (0.07) | 1.2 (0.07) | 1.6 (0.07) | 2.1 (0.08) | 2.4 (0.09) |
|---|
| 14-18 | 0.6 (0.05) | 0.7 (0.06) | 1.0 (0.06) | 1.4 (0.08) | 1.9 (0.10) | 2.4 (0.14) | 2.8 (0.16) |
|---|
| 19-30 | 0.8 (0.06) | 0.9 (0.06) | 1.3 (0.06) | 1.8 (0.06) | 2.3 (0.07) | 2.9 (0.11) | 3.3 (0.13) |
|---|
| 31-50 | 0.9 (0.07) | 1.1 (0.07) | 1.4 (0.06) | 1.9 (0.05) | 2.5 (0.06) | 3.2 (0.09) | 3.6 (0.12) |
|---|
| 51-70 | 0.8 (0.06) | 1.0 (0.06) | 1.4 (0.06) | 1.8 (0.06) | 2.4 (0.08) | 3.0 (0.12) | 3.4 (0.15) |
|---|
| 71+ | 0.7 (0.06) | 0.8 (0.06) | 1.1 (0.06) | 1.5 (0.06) | 2.1 (0.07) | 2.6 (0.09) | 3.0 (0.12) |
|---|
| 19+ | 0.8 (0.06) | 1.0 (0.06) | 1.3 (0.05) | 1.8 (0.04) | 2.4 (0.05) | 3.0 (0.09) | 3.4 (0.12) |
|---|
| Females |
9-13 | 0.5 (0.04) | 0.6 (0.04) | 0.8 (0.04) | 1.1 (0.04) | 1.5 (0.05) | 1.8 (0.07) | 2.1 (0.09) |
|---|
| 14-18 | 0.5 (0.04) | 0.6 (0.04) | 0.8 (0.04) | 1.1 (0.04) | 1.5 (0.04) | 1.8 (0.06) | 2.1 (0.08) |
|---|
| 19-30 | 0.7 (0.05) | 0.8 (0.05) | 1.1 (0.05) | 1.4 (0.05) | 1.9 (0.06) | 2.3 (0.08) | 2.6 (0.10) |
|---|
| 31-50 | 0.7 (0.05) | 0.9 (0.05) | 1.1 (0.04) | 1.5 (0.04) | 1.9 (0.05) | 2.4 (0.08) | 2.7 (0.10) |
|---|
| 51-70 | 0.8 (0.05) | 0.9 (0.05) | 1.2 (0.04) | 1.6 (0.04) | 2.0 (0.06) | 2.5 (0.09) | 2.8 (0.11) |
|---|
| 71+ | 0.7 (0.04) | 0.8 (0.04) | 1.1 (0.04) | 1.4 (0.05) | 1.8 (0.07) | 2.3 (0.10) | 2.6 (0.12) |
|---|
| 19+ | 0.7 (0.04) | 0.9 (0.04) | 1.1 (0.03) | 1.5 (0.03) | 1.9 (0.04) | 2.4 (0.07) | 2.7 (0.09) |
|---|
| All |
1+ | 0.6 (0.03) | 0.7 (0.03) | 1.0 (0.02) | 1.5 (0.02) | 2.0 (0.03) | 2.6 (0.05) | 3.0 (0.08) |
|---|
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; 2 cups raw leafy greens; 1 cup cooked dry beans or peas.
Suggested Citation
Suggested citation for information contained on this page:
Usual Intake of Total Vegetables, Including Cooked Dry Beans & Peas. Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch Web site. Applied Research Program. National Cancer Institute. http://riskfactor.cancer.gov/diet/usualintakes/pop/veg_all.html. Updated August 25, 2010. Accessed February 17, 2013.
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