Table 3B.

Median daily intakes of micronutrients from food sources only, females by age and survey year

	Girls 4-10y				Girls 11-18y				Women 19-64y
	2008-09 (n=119)		1997 (n=397)		2008-09 (n=110)		1997 (n=448)		2008-09 (n=253)		2000-01 (n=891)
	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Vitamin A (REμg)	543**	397-807	410	291-559	519**	332-776	434	282-616	834**	510-1294	537	360-764
Thiamin (mg)	1.2	0.9-1.4	1.1	0.9-1.4	1.2	1.0-1.5	1.2	1.0-1.6	1.3	1.0-1.5	1.4	1.0-1.7
Riboflavin (mg)	1.4	1.1-1.6	1.3	1.0-1.7	1.2	1.0-1.5	1.2	0.8-1.7	1.3**	1.0-1.7	1.5	1.1-2.0
Vitamin B6 (mg)	1.7	1.4-1.9	1.6	1.3-1.9	1.8	1.4-2.2	1.8	1.4-2.3	2.0	1.5-2.4	2.0	1.5-2.4
Vitamin B12 (μg)	3.7	2.6-4.5	3.3	2.4-4.3	3.4*	2.5-4.7	3.0	2.0-4.2	4.1	2.8-5.4	4.3	3.0-5.8
Folate (μg)	174	147-215	173	140-216	182	150-221	199	149-257	224	184-287	243	182-312
Vitamin C (mg)	68	44-106	62	42-91	58	42-104	61	38-94	77	46-110	67	41-109
Vitamin D (μg)	1.9	1.3-2.4	1.7	1.2-2.5	1.8	1.3-2.4	1.9	1.2-2.8	2.3	1.3-3.4	2.3	1.5-3.5
Iron (mg)	8.0	6.8-9.4	7.6	6.3-9.3	8.3	6.8-10.2	8.2	6.6-10.5	9.9	7.8-12.0	9.6	7.3-12.2
Calcium (mg)	746**	624-909	653	511-782	653	534-838	626	462-823	682*	520-883	761	581-954
Magnesium (mg)	183	149-210	165	136-194	188	157-219	183	150-223	228	186-272	223	178-276
Potassium (mg)	2016	1620-2356	1919	1549-2258	2160	1752-2412	2091	1696-2557	2554	2120-3032	2630	2130-3220
Zinc (mg)	6.0**	5.1-6.9	5.2	4.3-6.4	6.9**	5.4-8.2	5.8	4.6-7.2	7.8	6.1-9.4	7.2	5.8-8.9
Copper (mg)	0.8**	0.6-0.9	0.7	0.5-0.8	0.9**	0.7-1.0	0.8	0.6-0.9	1.0	0.8-1.2	1.0	0.8-1.2
Iodine (μg)	126	96-153	127	92-166	100*	77-138	119	83-167	132**	95-175	151	112-198

IQR, interquartile range

RE, retinol equivalents

^*significantly different from previous survey P<0.001

^**significantly different from previous survey P<0.0001