Table 3
Calcium and vitamin D intake, by age group and sex, household population aged 50 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004
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| 50 to 70 | 71 or older | |||||||||||
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| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||||||
| Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | |||||
| from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | |||||
| Calcium | ||||||||||||
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Intake from food only
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Average (mg)
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824 | 793 | 856 | 751 | 725 | 776 | 774 | 711 | 837 | 689 | 659 | 719 |
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% below EAR
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53.2 | 48.5 | 57.8 | 81.5 | 78.5 | 84.6 | 79.2 | 73.2 | 83.7 | 86.4 | 83.2 | 89.6 |
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% consuming supplements containing calcium
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28.3 | 25.7 | 31.0 | 49.0 | 46.3 | 51.7 | 27.2 | 23.4 | 31.0 | 45.9 | 42.6 | 49.2 |
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Combined intake from food and supplements
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Total population
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Average (mg)
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913 | 879 | 947 | 1,058 | 1,020 | 1,096 | 891 | 812 | 970 | 947 | 908 | 986 |
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% below EAR
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44.5 | 40.0 | 49.0 | 56.8 | 53.5 | 60.1 | 69.4 | 63.5 | 75.3 | 63.1 | 59.2 | 67.0 |
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Supplement users only
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Average (mg)
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1,135 | 1,059 | 1,211 | 1,417 | 1,360 | 1,475 | 1,268 | 1,098 | 1,438 | 1,274 | 1,217 | 1,331 |
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% below EAR
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24.9 | 17.1 | 32.7 | 26.9 | 23.2 | 30.6 | 40.0 | 27.3 | 52.7 | 33.3 | 27.8 | 38.8 |
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% above UL
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5.7E | 2.8 | 8.6 | 16.2 | 13.1 | 19.3 | F | ... | ... | 9.9 | 7.2 | 12.6 |
| Vitamin D | ||||||||||||
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Intake from food only
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Average (μg)
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6.8 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 7.1 |
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% below EAR
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80.0 | 73.9 | 86.4 | 91.5 | 87.3 | 95.9 | 86.0 | 79.6 | 91.4 | 87.8 | 78.9 | 95.3 |
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% consuming supplements containing vitamin D
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27.2 | 24.5 | 29.8 | 45.0 | 42.2 | 47.7 | 28.5 | 24.6 | 32.5 | 43.0 | 39.8 | 46.1 |
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Combined intake from food and supplements
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Total population
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Average (μg)
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9.5 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 12.4 |
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% below EAR
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64.9 | 60.2 | 69.6 | 57.6 | 53.1 | 62.2 | 66.3 | 60.4 | 72.1 | 54.3 | 46.6 | 61.9 |
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Supplement users only
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Average (μg)
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18.2 | 15.8 | 20.6 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 19.4 | 17.2 | 21.6 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 18.4 |
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% below EAR
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15.0E | 7.7 | 22.3 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 20.2 | 11.8E | 5.5 | 18.1 | 14.4 | 10.5 | 18.3 |
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E use with caution F too unreliable to be published ... not applicable Notes: EAR: estimated average requirement; UL: Tolerable Upper Intake Level threshold; Calcium: EAR=800 mg for men aged 50 to 70, 1,000 mg for men aged 71 or older and women aged 50 or older; UL=2,000 mg; Vitamin D: EAR=10μg. Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey—Nutrition. |
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