Table 1
Percentage distribution of sources of sugar intake, by food group, age group and sex, household population aged 1 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004

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Age group and sex Grain products Vegetables and fruit Meat and alternatives Milk products Other foods
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to from to
Total 14.2 13.8 14.6 31.1 30.5 31.6 1.3 1.2 1.3 17.7 17.3 18.1 34.7 34.0 35.4
1 to 3 11.4 10.4 12.3 38.0 36.5 39.6 0.9 0.8 1.0 31.0 29.6 32.4 16.5 14.7 18.4
4 to 8 15.8 15.0 16.6 29.9 28.6 31.2 1.0 0.9 1.2 24.5 23.5 25.6 27.0 25.6 28.4
9 to 13
Boys 15.9 14.7 17.0 22.8* 21.1 24.5 1.0 0.9 1.2 21.5 20.0 23.0 37.5* 35.2 39.9
Girls 14.9 13.8 16.0 27.9 26.1 29.6 0.8 0.7 1.0 20.8 19.5 22.0 34.4 32.5 36.4
14 to 18
Boys 13.8 12.7 15.0 20.0* 18.4 21.6 1.0 0.8 1.1 18.7 17.3 20.1 45.8* 43.5 48.0
Girls 12.8 11.4 14.1 24.6 22.9 26.3 0.9 0.7 1.0 18.7 17.2 20.3 41.8 39.7 43.9
19 to 30
Men 12.8 11.5 14.1 25.7* 23.5 27.8 1.5 * 1.3 1.8 15.5 13.9 17.1 43.2* 40.8 45.5
Women 12.5 11.1 13.9 30.4 28.0 32.9 1.2 0.9 1.4 16.8 15.4 18.2 37.8 35.1 40.5
31 to 50
Men 14.4 13.1 15.6 29.5* 27.5 31.5 1.4 1.1 1.6 14.2* 12.9 15.4 39.8* 37.5 42.1
Women 13.4 12.0 14.7 33.2 31.2 35.2 1.3 1.1 1.5 17.8 16.5 19.1 33.6 31.1 36.0
51 to 70
Men 15.0 13.8 16.3 37.3 35.0 39.7 1.6 1.4 1.8 14.8* 13.6 16.1 30.5* 28.6 32.4
Women 15.0 13.9 16.1 39.1 37.5 40.7 1.5 1.4 1.7 17.1 16.0 18.2 26.5 24.8 28.3
71 or older
Men 17.6 15.6 19.6 37.6* 35.7 39.4 1.6* 1.3 1.9 17.7 15.4 20.0 24.8* 22.7 26.8
Women 16.1 14.9 17.2 42.4 40.7 44.2 1.1 0.9 1.3 18.2 17.0 19.3 21.4 20.0 22.9
* significantly different from estimate for females in same age group (p<0.05)
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey—Nutrition.