Appendix Table B Percentage of calories, fat, protein and carbohydrates from "other foods," by age group and sex, household population aged 4 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004

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Appendix Table B
Percentage of calories, fat, protein and carbohydrates from "other foods," by age group and sex, household population aged 4 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004
	%	95% confidence interval	%	95% confidence interval	%	95% confidence interval	%	95% confidence interval
	Calories		Fat		Protein		Carbohydrates
Total
4 to 18	22.3	21.9 to 22.7	24.9	24.4 to 25.5	5.2	5.0 to 5.4	24.8	24.3 to 25.3
19 or older	22.7	22.3 to 23.1	26.8	26.2 to 27.3	5.4	5.2 to 5.6	21.4	20.9 to 21.9
Age group and sex
4 to 8	18.2	17.5 to 18.9	21.1	20.2 to 22.1	4.1	3.8 to 4.4	20	19.2 to 20.8
9 to 13
Male	22.3^*	21.3 to 23.2	24.3^*	23.1 to 25.5	5.0^*	4.6 to 5.4	25.4^*	24.1 to 26.7
Female	22.9^*	21.9 to 23.9	26.4^*^,†	25.0 to 27.7	5.6^*^,†	5.2 to 6.1	25.1^*	24.0 to 26.3
14 to 18
Male	25.7^*	24.7 to 26.8	27.1^*	25.9 to 28.4	5.7^*	5.3 to 6.2	29.4^*	28.1 to 30.8
Female	25.3^*	24.3 to 26.3	28.7^*	27.4 to 30.0	6.5^*	5.9 to 7.1	27.4^*^,†	26.2 to 28.7
19 to 30
Male	26.4	25.1 to 27.7	25.6	23.9 to 27.2	6.6	5.8 to 7.5	28.3	26.9 to 29.8
Female	24.2^†	22.9 to 25.4	27.7	26.1 to 29.3	6.5	5.9 to 7.2	24.2^*^,†	22.8 to 25.7
31 to 50
Male	24.3^*	23.2 to 25.3	25.9	24.6 to 27.2	5.7^*	5.2 to 6.1	24.7^*	23.4 to 25.9
Female	22.9	21.8 to 23.9	27.5	26.1 to 29.0	5.7^*	5.3 to 6.2	21.4^*^,†	20.1 to 22.6
51 to 70
Male	22.6^*	21.7 to 23.4	26.6	25.4 to 27.8	4.7^*	4.3 to 5.1	19.5^*	18.5 to 20.4
Female	20.1^*^,†	19.2 to 20.9	27.9	26.7 to 29.1	4.6^*	4.3 to 5.0	16.7^*^,†	15.8 to 17.6
71 or older
Male	18.9^*	17.8 to 20.1	25.8	24.2 to 27.4	3.7^*	3.3 to 4.2	15.1^*	14.0 to 16.2
Female	16.9^*^,†	16.1 to 17.6	26.3	25.1 to 27.4	3.5^*	3.2 to 3.8	13.0^*^,†	12.2 to 13.7
* Significantly different from estimate for preceding age group of same sex (p < 0.05).
† Significantly different from estimate for males in same age group (p < 0.05).
Note: Excludes women who were pregnant or breastfeeding.
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey — Nutrition.