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Table 2 Proportion of population consuming less than specified threshold amounts of total fruit, NHANES 2007-2010

From: Socioeconomic gradient in consumption of whole fruit and 100% fruit juice among US children and adults

 

Age ≥ 4

Age 4-13y

Age 14-19y

Age 20-50y

Age ≥ 51y

 

1.5 servings

2.0 servings

1.5 servings

2.0 servings

1.5 servings

2.0 servings

1.5 servings

2.0 servings

1.5 servings

2.0 servings

Total

76.0 (0.7)

87.3 (0.5)

71.9 (1.6)

88.3 (1.1)

76.6 (2.2)

87.8 (1.7)

77.7 (0.9)

87.5 (0.7)

75.0 (0.6)

87.5 (0.5)

Gender

          

  Male (ref)

73.2 (0.7)

84.7 (0.6)

72.7 (1.5)

87.4 (1.1)

73.9 (1.5)

84.7 (1.2)

73.1 (1.0)

83.8 (0.8)

74.0 (1.2)

85.7 (0.9)

  Female

78.9 (0.9)***

90.0 (0.6)****

71.2 (2.7)

90.0 (1.9)

87.8 (3.3)***

96.4 (1.8)***

81.6 (1.1)***

90.4 (0.8)***

76.0 (1.0)

89.2 (0.7)***

Income-to-poverty ratioa

          

  <1.3

77.9 (1.4)

89.1 (1.0)*

68.9 (3.1)

88.0 (2.1)

87.6 (3.5)*

97.5 (1.5)**

79.0 (1.7)

88.2 (1.2)

81.7 (1.4)***

91.2 (1.0)***

  1.31-3.49

78.3 (1.0)*

88.4 (0.6)

83.1 (2.8)***

93.9 (1.5)***

78.1 (2.2)

86.4 (1.8)

77.4 (1.3)

86.7 (1.0)

79.3 (1.4)***

90.2 (0.9)***

  ≥3.5 (ref)

74.3 (1.2)

86.3 (1.0)

64.2 (3.8)

83.8 (2.6)

73.5 (5.2)

86.5 (4.3)

78.4 (1.6)

88.0 (1.1)

70.9 (1.1)

84.7 (0.8)

Race/ethnicity

          

  Non-Hispanic white (ref)

78.1 (0.7)

88.5 (0.6)

75.6 (2.2)

90.2 (1.5)

82.4 (2.9)

90.7 (2.1)

80.3 (1.0)

88.9 (0.8)

75.2 (0.7)

87.6 (0.5)

  Non-Hispanic black

75.1 (1.1)*

87.5 (0.8)

73.5 (3.5)

92.5 (2.1)

72.6 (3.2)*

86.8 (2.2)

79.4 (1.7)

89.4 (1.2)

70.9 (1.6)**

83.5 (1.3)**

  Mexican-American

70.2 (1.2)***

83.8 (0.9)***

64.0 (2.6)***

81.6 (2.4)**

74.6 (3.3)

85.6 (2.5)

68.8 (1.9)***

82.2 (1.3)***

79.4 (2.0)*

90.5 (1.3)*

  Other Hispanic

65.3 (1.8)***

81.3 (1.5)***

67.8 (4.0)*

86.8 (2.6)

65.6 (6.0)**

80.6 (3.9)**

61.5 (3.2)***

76.8 (2.7)***

73.3 (3.5)

89.8 (2.3)

  1. Asterisks indicate significant difference in mean compared to the reference group (***p < 0.001; **0.001 < p < 0.01; *0.01 < p < 0.05).
  2. aFamily income-to-poverty is the ratio of family income to the federal poverty level. In 2010, the federal poverty level was $22,050/yr for a family of 4.