Table 4.

Intake of zinc v. RDA

(Mean values with their standard errors; percentages with their standard errors)

		B: % population meeting RDA		C: intake (mg/d)			E: intake of animal Zn (mg/d)
Population	A: RDA (mg/d)*	%	se	Mean	se	D: intake as % of RDA†	Mean	se	F: % animal Zn to total intake‡
PSAC 2–3 years	3	44·7	5·3	2·8	0·2	93·6	1·13	0·1	40·2
PSAC 4–5 years	5	11·4	3·4	3·2	0·3	64·0	1·15	0·1	35·9
NPNLW 15–18 years	9	0·5	0·03	4·0	0·2	44·4	1·33	0·1	33·2
NPNLW 19–49 years	8	6·4	1·3	4·3	0·2	53·6	1·28	0·1	29·8

PSAC, pre-school-age children; NPNLW, non-pregnant non-lactating women.

^*Institute of Medicine⁽²¹⁾.

^†D = C/A × 100.

^‡F = E/C × 100.