Table 5
Usual intake distribution of total vegetable and fruit servings, by age and sex, household population aged 2 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004 and 2015^{Table 5 Note †}

Table 5
Usual intake distribution of total vegetable and fruit servings, by age and sex, household population aged 2 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004 and 2015^{Table 5 Note †}
Table summary
This table displays the results of Usual intake distribution of total vegetable and fruit servings. The information is grouped by Sex, age group (years) and survey cycle (appearing as row headers), Number, Usual number of daily vegetable and fruit servings, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and Probability, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex, age group (years) and survey cycle	Number	Usual number of daily vegetable and fruit servings
		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
		Probability
		percent
Male and female 2 years and older
2004	33,960	5.4	18.3	36.6	55.4	71.0	82.4	89.9	94.4	97.0
2015	20,111	9.5^Note **	27.4^Note ***	48.5^Note ***	67.0^Note ***	80.5^Note ***	89.1^Note ***	94.2^Note ***	97.0^Note ***	98.6^Note **
Male and female 2 to 3 years
2004	1,498	11.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	31.1	54.1Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	73.2	86.1	93.3	97.0	98.8	99.5
2015	952	15.3	37.8	61.0Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	78.8	89.9	95.4	98.1	99.3	99.8
Male and female 4 to 8 years
2004	3,346	8.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	28.0	52.0	72.2Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	85.9	93.5	97.2	98.9	99.6
2015	1,233	8.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	28.3	52.5	72.9Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	86.2	93.5	97.3	98.9	99.6
Male 9 to 13 years
2004	2,149	8.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.2	47.4	66.1	79.8Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	88.7	94.0	96.9	98.4
2015	1,047	12.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	33.0	55.5	73.1^Note *	84.9Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	92.0	96.1	98.1	99.1
Female 9 to 13 years
2004	2,043	Note F: too unreliable to be published	20.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	43.8	67.1	83.3Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	92.4	96.9	98.9	99.6
2015	969	Note F: too unreliable to be published	28.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	55.2^Note *	76.5	89.6Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	95.9	98.4	99.5	99.9
Male 14 to 18 years
2004	2,397	7.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	22.0	39.7	56.9	71.0	81.5	88.5Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	93.1	96.0
2015	960	9.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	25.1	43.2	60.6	74.2	83.9	90.3Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	94.4	96.7
Female 14 to 18 years
2004	2,368	10.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	28.8	49.8	68.2	81.2	89.6Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	94.5	97.3	98.6
2015	1,035	16.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	39.0^Note *	61.5^Note *	77.6^Note *	88.0^Note *	93.8Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	97.0	98.6	99.4
Male 19 to 30 years
2004	1,897	6.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	19.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	36.7	53.8	68.2	79.2	87.0Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	92.1	95.3
2015	882	13.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	31.5^Note *	51.0^Note *	67.5^Note *	79.9^Note *	88.2^Note *	93.2^Note *Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	96.1	98.0
Female 19 to 30 years
2004	2,082	Note F: too unreliable to be published	18.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	40.0	61.1	77.5	88.0Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	94.1	97.2	98.8
2015	1,019	Note F: too unreliable to be published	27.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	52.2^Note *	71.9^Note *	85.5	93.1Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	96.9	98.8	99.5
Male 31 to 50 years
2004	2,750	Note F: too unreliable to be published	15.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	32.5	50.8	66.8	79.2	87.5Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	92.8	96.0
2015	2,077	Note F: too unreliable to be published	24.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	44.6^Note *	63.1^Note *	77.6^Note *	87.0^Note *	92.9^Note *Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	96.2	98.1
Female 31 to 50 years
2004	2,927	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	25.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	52.8	75.7	89.4Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	96.0	98.7	99.7
2015	2,469	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	42.3	69.4^Note *	87.2	95.5Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	98.6	99.6	99.9
Male 51 to 70 years
2004	2,725	6.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	16.7	30.5	45.6	59.5	70.9Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	80.0	86.7	91.5
2015	2,246	12.9^Note *	29.2^Note ***	46.5^Note ***	62.1^Note ***	74.5^Note ***	83.6^Note ***Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	89.7^Note **	93.7^Note *	96.4^Note *
Female 51 to 70 years
2004	3,408	Note F: too unreliable to be published	12.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	29.9	49.8	67.7	81.1Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	89.9	94.9	97.6
2015	2,420	6.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	23.0^Note *	44.9^Note ***	65.5^Note ***	80.6^Note ***	90.0^Note **Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	95.3^Note *	97.9^Note *	99.1
Male 71 years and older
2004	1,601	Note F: too unreliable to be published	13.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	30.8	50.0	67.0	80.2Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	89.1	94.2	97.1
2015	1,246	7.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	23.5^Note *	44.1^Note *	64.1^Note *	79.1^Note *	88.9^Note *Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	94.4	97.3	98.8
Female 71 years and older
2004	2,769	5.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	18.6	37.1	56.3	72.3	83.9Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	91.4	95.5	97.8
2015	1,556	13.7^Note **	33.6^Note ***	55.5^Note ***	73.6^Note ***	85.7^Note ***	92.8^Note ***Denotes the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group.	96.6^Note *	98.5^Note *	99.4^Note *
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published 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 Note † Estimates are probabilities of consuming fewer than the usual number of daily vegetable and fruit servings, calculated using the National Cancer Institute method and adjusted for weekday or weekend of record, sequence of recall, and survey cycle. Return to note † referrer Notes: These analyses are based on Food Guide servings (tiers 1 to 3) of vegetables and fruits, which are in line with the 2007 Canada's Food Guide recommendations. Shaded cells mark the percentile corresponding to the average number of servings recommended in the 2007 Canada's Food Guide for each age and sex group. (Health Canada. Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide 2007. 2007. Available at: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/canada-food-guide/about/history-food-guide/eating-well-with-canada-food-guide-2007.html). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition, 2004 and 2015.

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Usual intake distribution of total vegetable and fruit servings, by age and sex, household population aged 2 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004 and 2015^{Table 5 Note †}

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Usual intake distribution of total vegetable and fruit servings, by age and sex, household population aged 2 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004 and 2015^{Table 5 Note †}