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Table 3
Vitamin C intake by supplement consumption and selected characteristics, household population aged 1 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004

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Characteristics Dietary vitamin C intake Percentage taking supplement containing vitamin C Total vitamin C intake (dietary and supplements)
Average (milligrams) Standard error Inadequate† (%) Standard error % Standard error Average (milligrams) Standard error Inadequate† (%) Standard error
Total 132 1 22.5 0.5 31.4 0.5 233 3 17.7 0.5
Age group and sex
1 to 3 135 3 <3 ... 36.2 1.6 169 5 <3 ...
4 to 8 144§ 3 <3 ... 43.7§ 1.4 189§ 4 <3 ...
9 to 13
Boys 156 5 <3 ... 31.9§ 1.8 218§ 8 <3 ...
Girls 147 4 <3 ... 30.4§ 1.8 203 7 <3 ...
14 to 18
Boys 163†† 5 9.6§ 1.8 20.9§ 1.4 221 8 8.1§E 1.7
Girls 147 4 8.1§ 1.6 24.2§ 1.4 214 7 7.3§E 1.5
19 to 30
Men 158†† 7 21.2§ 3.3 25.1 1.7 242†† 10 16.9§E 3.1
Women 132§ 5 17.2§ 3.0 29.2§ 1.7 215 9 16.1§ 2.5
31 to 50
Men 128§ † 4† 31.8§ 2.7 24.7†† 1.5 214†† 9 26.1§† 2.5†
Women 117§ 4 26.2§ 2.1 34.7 § 1.6 247§ 12 18.2 1.9
51 to 70
Men 130 5 30.1†† 2.3 31.9§† 1.4† 261§ 12 23.7†† 1.9
Women 121 3 19.7§ 1.8 37.4 1.5 271 11 15.1 1.6
71 or more
Men 111§ 4 34.6†† 2.8 31.6†† 2.0 237 12 28.8†† 2.4
Women 107§ 3 22.8 1.9 38.1 1.6 254 11 17.1 1.7
Times per day fruit/vegetables consumed
3 or less 87* 2 46.2* 1.4 26.6* 0.9 167* 5 36.7* 1.2
3.01 to 6‡ 136 2 15.7 0.7 32.6 0.7 240 4 11.8 0.6
More than 6 194* 4 4.8* 0.5 36.3* 1.1 320* 9 3.7* 0.5
Household income quintile
First (lowest) 125* 3 25.0* 1.3 25.5* 1.1 201* 7 21.2* 1.2
Second 124* 3 23.4 1.4 28.9* 1.1 209* 6 18.5* 1.2
Third 133* 3 21.7 1.3 32.1* 1.3 236* 8 17.5 1.2
Fourth 136 3 21.3 1.1 35.0 1.1 259 9 15.6 1.1
Fifth (highest)‡ 143 3 19.8 1.2 37.6 1.3 265 8 14.5 1.1
Highest level of household education
Less than secondary 102* 2 35.2* 1.8 24.1* 1.2 185* 8 29.0* 1.6
Secondary graduation 117* 4 27.9* 1.8 25.8* 1.2 196* 7 23.5* 1.7
Some postsecondary 125* 4 24.3* 1.9 29.7* 1.6 214* 9 19.0* 1.9
Postsecondary graduation‡ 139 2 19.1 0.6 33.7 0.6 247 4 14.7 0.6
Smoker (aged 12 or older)
No‡ 136 2 14.6 0.7 32.0 0.6 253 4 11.2 0.6
Yes 110* 3 52.2* 2.5 24.7* 1.1 195* 7 42.9* 2.1
Level of physical activity (aged 12 or older)
Active 152* 3 14.9* 1.3 34.5* 1.2 284* 9 12.5* 1.2
Moderately active 139* 3 16.4* 1.6 31.9* 1.1 257* 8 11.7* 1.5
Inactive‡ 118 2 29.9 1.1 28.0 0.8 214 5 24.1 1.0
Province
Newfoundland and Labrador 120* 4 30.0* 2.2 20.5* 1.5 178* 10 25.9* 2.0
Prince Edward Island 107* 4 29.0* 2.2 28.1 1.9 198* 11 23.7* 2.0
Nova Scotia 109* 3 27.2* 2.2 28.1 2.0 191* 10 21.1 2.1
New Brunswick 113* 5 31.0* 2.7 24.7* 1.7 188* 11 24.8* 2.6
Quebec 144* 3 18.3* 1.2 21.6* 1.1 202* 6 15.6* 1.1
Ontario 131 2 22.3 1.0 33.8* 0.8 241* 6 17.7 0.9
Manitoba 118* 3 27.8* 1.6 32.9 1.2 224 9 20.5* 1.4
Saskatchewan 127 7 24.3 2.2 39.3* 1.9 282* 18 16.8 1.9
Alberta 125 4 25.2 1.7 39.0* 1.4 247 11 17.3 1.5
British Columbia 134 3 21.0 1.5 37.5* 1.4 267* 10 15.0* 1.3
† below estimated average requirement
‡ reference category; for provinces, reference category is Total
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
§ significantly different from estimate for preceding age group of same sex (p<0.05)
†† significantly different from estimate for females of same age (p<0.05)
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
<3 coefficient of variation more than 33.3%, but limits of confidence interval included within interval (0.0, 3.0)
... not applicable
Notes: All averages that include supplement intake are significantly different from those for dietary intake only. Percentages with inadequate dietary and total intake are not significantly different for ages 1 to 13 and for women aged 14 to 30; in all other cases, differences are significant.
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey—Nutrition.

 

Date Modified: 2015-07-17

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