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Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates, by dietary age-sex reference intake group, household population aged 4 and over, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 2.2), Quebec


                                              Mean Percentile
   5th 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th 95th
4 to 8 years, both sexes  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 53.26 47.80 49.14 51.37 53.84 56.31 58.52 59.85
Low 95% confidence interval 52.23 46.15 47.64 50.07 52.65 55.06 57.11 58.30
High 95% confidence interval 54.29 49.46 50.64 52.66 55.03 57.56 59.94 61.40
9 to 13 years, males  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 52.82 46.61 47.96 50.22 52.70 55.13 57.25 58.48
Low 95% confidence interval 51.29 44.18 45.67 48.08 50.61 52.96 54.94 56.07
High 95% confidence interval 54.34 49.04 50.26 52.36 54.79 57.29 59.56 60.90
9 to 13 years, females  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 54.22 45.87 47.72 50.81 54.24 57.66 60.79 62.69
Low 95% confidence interval 52.46 42.97 45.04 48.36 51.88 55.21 58.07 59.72
High 95% confidence interval 55.98 48.77 50.41 53.26 56.59 60.12 63.51 65.65
14 to 18 years, males  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 51.79 43.82 45.59 48.50 51.63 54.65 57.38 59.03
Low 95% confidence interval 49.96 40.99 42.97 46.12 49.33 52.18 54.62 56.08
High 95% confidence interval 53.63 46.64 48.20 50.88 53.94 57.12 60.13 61.97
14 to 18 years, females  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 52.67 45.40 46.83 49.29 52.18 55.26 58.13 59.87
Low 95% confidence interval 50.74 42.83 44.33 46.81 49.61 52.38 54.76 56.16
High 95% confidence interval 54.60 47.97 49.33 51.77 54.75 58.13 61.50 63.59
19 to 30 years, males  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 49.05 38.45 40.85 44.81 49.14 53.40 57.16 59.38
Low 95% confidence interval 46.82 34.57 37.33 41.76 46.37 50.67 54.29 56.31
High 95% confidence interval 51.29 42.32 44.36 47.86 51.92 56.12 60.03 62.46
19 to 30 years, females  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 52.21 44.79 46.68 49.65 52.65 55.48 58.04 59.62
Low 95% confidence interval 50.10 41.54 43.77 47.07 50.09 52.62 54.67 55.86
High 95% confidence interval 54.32 48.03 49.60 52.23 55.21 58.34 61.40 63.39
31 to 50 years, males  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 48.39 37.19 39.74 43.94 48.53 53.44 57.65 60.08
Low 95% confidence interval 46.06 33.29 36.35 41.10 45.89 50.83 54.76 56.97
High 95% confidence interval 50.72 41.08 43.13 46.79 51.17 56.05 60.54 63.19
31 to 50 years, females  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 47.62 38.39 40.29 43.55 47.36 51.36 55.00 57.16
Low 95% confidence interval 45.68 35.78 37.77 41.14 44.97 48.84 52.30 54.30
High 95% confidence interval 49.57 41.00 42.82 45.95 49.75 53.88 57.70 60.01
51 to 70 years, males  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 46.94 38.82 40.55 43.43 46.65 49.87 52.78 54.53
Low 95% confidence interval 45.43 36.92 38.73 41.65 44.77 47.75 50.33 51.86
High 95% confidence interval 48.44 40.73 42.37 45.22 48.52 51.99 55.24 57.20
51 to 70 years, females  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 49.27 40.65 42.53 45.60 48.96 52.38 55.61 57.65
Low 95% confidence interval 48.05 38.76 40.83 44.09 47.50 50.76 53.65 55.38
High 95% confidence interval 50.49 42.55 44.24 47.11 50.42 54.00 57.58 59.92
71 years and over, males  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 47.84 36.55 38.90 43.01 47.85 52.69 56.82 59.19
Low 95% confidence interval 44.95 32.03 34.43 38.71 43.83 48.78 52.78 54.96
High 95% confidence interval 50.73 41.07 43.37 47.31 51.88 56.61 60.85 63.42
71 years and over, females  
Percentage of total energy intake from carbohydrates 51.87 43.30 45.05 48.08 51.54 55.00 58.03 59.78
Low 95% confidence interval 50.35 40.98 42.84 45.93 49.27 52.63 55.60 57.33
High 95% confidence interval 53.39 45.62 47.26 50.22 53.80 57.37 60.46 62.24

1. The survey excludes from its target population those living in the three territories, individuals living on Indian reserves or on Crown lands, residents of institutions, full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces and residents of certain remote regions.
2. The table excludes pregnant or breastfeeding females, subject to another set of nutritional recommendations. The sample of pregnant or breastfeeding females is not large enough to allow for reliable estimates.
3. Characteristics based on the first 24-hour dietary recall (first day of interview) only.
4. The intake distribution was adjusted to remove within individual variability using Software of Intake Distribution Estimation (SIDE) (Iowa State University, 1996) and the method presented in Nusser SM, Carriquirry AL, Dodd KW, Fuller WA. "A semiparametric approach to estimating usual daily intake distributions". Journal of American Statistical Association 1996;91:1440-1449.
5. AMDR is the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range, expressed as a percentage of total energy intake. Intakes inside the range are associated with a reduced risk of chronic disease while providing adequate intakes of essentials nutrients.
6. The lower threshold for Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) for carbohydrates is 45%.
7. The upper threshold for Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) for carbohydrates is 65%.
8. Within individual variance was estimated at the national level and applied at the provincial level.
9. The dietary age-sex reference intake groups have been preferred to other classifications to respect established standards from the American Institute of Medicine.
10. When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate.
11. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
12. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution.
13. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 2.2), Nutrition, 2004 (CANSIM table 105-2016).
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