The given chart illustrates the salt consumption of people of all ages in the US in 2000.
Overall, males had higher salt consumption than females at all ages. In addition, the intake of salt of people aged 20-39 is highest and people who were aged 6 – over 60 years old had a higher salt intake than the recommended, except for children aged under 6 and females aged over 60.
Regarding males, the ages of 20-39 consumed 4500 milligrams of salt, which was highest, was slightly higher than the salt consumption of people aged 12-19 and 40-60, which were around 4000 milligrams. There was a similar figure for the salt intake in the 6-11-years-old group and the over-60-year-old group at 3500 milligrams, compared to only 2000 milligrams of males aged under 6.
In terms of females, with 3000 milligrams, the salt consumption of the age of 20-39 was marginally higher than that of women aged 6-19 and 40-60, at approximately 3000 milligrams. 2500 milligrams was the amount of salt that the oldest group of females consumed, which was significantly higher than 1300 milligrams for female children aged under 6.