Table 3
Intake of fruits and total vegetables and fruits among consumers, household population aged 2 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004 and 2015

Table 3
Intake of fruits and total vegetables and fruits among consumers, household population aged 2 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004 and 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Intake of fruits and total vegetables and fruits among consumers. The information is grouped by Sex and age group (years) (appearing as row headers), Total fruits, Fruits other than juice, Fruit juice and Total vegetables and fruits, calculated using percentage of consumers and average number of servings among consumers units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex and age group (years)	Total fruits		Fruits other than juice		Fruit juice		Total vegetables and fruits
Sex and age group (years)	2004	2015	2004	2015	2004	2015	2004	2015
	percentage of consumers
Male and female 2 years and older	72.6	73.4	61.6	66.0^Note ***	35.0	26.1^Note ***	97.9	97.3^Note *
Male and female 2 to 3 years	90.9	93.8	80.1	88.2^Note **	64.7	45.5^Note ***	98.3	98.5
Male and female 4 to 8 years	83.3	88.7^Note **	69.1	79.2^Note ***	52.7	49.4	98.5	99.0
Male 9 to 13 years	74.1	76.6	60.1	68.1^Note *	42.6	38.7	97.5	96.3
Female 9 to 13 years	78.4	77.9	66.3	69.7	43.6	39.2	98.0	96.1
Male 14 to 18 years	64.3	74.2^Note ***	46.9	58.0^Note **	39.5	38.2	97.1	98.2
Female 14 to 18 years	68.4	69.6	49.4	60.4^Note **	40.6	26.0^Note ***	96.3	97.2
Male 19 to 30 years	60.0	57.8	45.7	47.8	33.9	27.2	97.6	96.7
Female 19 to 30 years	70.3	75.8	59.6	64.9	33.9	25.7^Note *	97.1	98.7^Note *
Male 31 to 50 years	64.4	68.3	53.1	62.5^Note **	29.1	22.8^Note *	97.2	97.1
Female 31 to 50 years	71.6	72.9	61.8	66.4	28.3	21.1^Note **	98.5	96.2^Note *
Male 51 to 70 years	72.6	69.7	63.5	63.0	31.9	22.2^Note ***	97.9	96.7
Female 51 to 70 years	80.5	75.0^Note *	73.5	70.1	32.8	17.2^Note ***	98.6	97.7
Male 71 years and older	83.1	79.4	74.7	72.7	35.7	25.9^Note **	98.3	98.1
Female 71 years and older	86.9	79.8^Note *	80.5	72.3^Note *	39.1	29.6^Note **	98.8	97.9
	average number of servings among consumers^{Table 3 Note †}
Male and female 2 years and older	3.07	2.63^Note ***	2.13	2.00^Note *	2.62	2.32^Note ***	5.44	4.61^Note ***
Male and female 2 to 3 years	3.23	2.78^Note *	1.72	2.02^Note *	2.40	1.81^Note ***	4.33	3.90^Note *
Male and female 4 to 8 years	3.15	2.91	1.85	1.90	2.55	2.18^Note **	4.46	4.24
Male 9 to 13 years	3.35	3.10	1.97	2.05	3.05	2.52^Note *	4.99	4.35^Note *
Female 9 to 13 years	3.25	2.98	2.14	2.01	2.57	2.34	4.80	4.31^Note *
Male 14 to 18 years	3.83	3.41	2.12	2.16	3.71	3.35	5.58	5.01^Note *
Female 14 to 18 years	3.33	2.57^Note ***	2.06	1.94	3.12	2.37^Note ***	4.96	3.83^Note ***
Male 19 to 30 years	3.76	3.05^Note *	2.02	1.97	3.95	3.04^Note *	5.85	4.48^Note ***
Female 19 to 30 years	3.25	2.49^Note **	2.10	1.96	3.05	2.39^Note **	5.25	4.30^Note **
Male 31 to 50 years	3.20	2.78^Note *	2.33	2.06	2.83	2.69	5.82	4.85^Note ***
Female 31 to 50 years	2.85	2.52^Note *	2.28	2.03	2.24	2.31	5.33	4.72^Note *
Male 51 to 70 years	3.21	2.59^Note *	2.50	2.17	2.32	1.98^Note *	6.16	4.94^Note ***
Female 51 to 70 years	2.52	2.30^Note *	1.94	2.00	1.85	1.91	5.52	4.66^Note ***
Male 71 years and older	2.54	2.37	2.03	1.87	1.67	2.01	5.43	4.75^Note *
Female 71 years and older	2.46	2.16^Note *	1.84	1.69	1.67	1.70	5.03	4.22^Note ***
Note † Average number of servings, based on the first 24-hour recall, among respondents who consumed a given fruit or vegetable subgroup on the recall day. Return to note † referrer Note * significantly different from 2004 (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from 2004 (p < 0.001) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from 2004 (p < 0.0001) Return to note * referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition, 2004 and 2015.

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