Table 1
Average daily consumption (in grams) of selected beverages, by age group and gender, total household population aged 19 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004

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  19 to 30 31 to 50 51 to 70 71 or older
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
Grams
Total beverage consumption 2,610*  2,056 2,345*  2,206 2,051*  1,891 1,584 1,532
Water 1,045 1,000 861*  1,065 705*  840 500*  654
Coffee 227* 183 451*  375 474* 364 365*  270
Tea 105* 136 131*  178 174*  227 246 262
Regular soft drinks 304* 142 193*  97 115*  62 37 29
Diet soft drinks 32 44 61 69 53 55 39E * 13E 
Beer 300* 54 232*  49 174*  36E 69E *  9E 
Wine 19E 18E 28 36 52*  34 27 20
Spirits and liquor 8E 8E 7E 6E 8* 2E  7E * 2E
Milk 201 178 158 154 133 120 166 136
Milk-based beverages 42E 30 17E  16 11E 18E 6E  8E 
Other types of milk F 8 6E 8E 4E * 8E F 5E
Fruit juice 176* 136 108*  86 98 80 76 84
Vegetable juice 10 10 15 12 20 13 12 8
Fruit drinks 135 107 77*  55 31 34 31 32
* significantly different from estimate for women of same age (p < 0.05)
† significantly different from estimate for same sex in preceding age group (p < 0.05)
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
F suppressed because of extreme sampling variability (coefficient of variation greater than 33.3%)
Note: Fruit and vegetable juice and coolers are included in total beverage consumption.
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition.