Status: Baseline only

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Most Recent Data:
1,077 milligrams (mg) (2013-16) *

Target:
1,184 mg *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
1,077 milligrams (mg) of calcium from foods, dietary supplements, antacids, and drinking water was the mean total daily intake by persons aged 2 years and over in 2013-16  *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Mean total daily calcium intake *
(milligrams (mg)), 2013-16
Population 2013-16
Total
1,077
highest
lowest
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Data Source:  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS

*: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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