The bar chart illustrates the data about salt consumption, in milligrams, between males and females among different age categories in the US in 2000.
Overall, there were contrasting salt intake results, comparing with the various age groups and gender. However, males showed a dominant rate of using salt in all ages, as compared with the women. Interestingly, under 6 year-old children faced a slight lag among men, and a notable gap among females between recommended salt intake doze and real one.
Starting with the first three age cohorts, under 6 year-old people demonstrated the lowest proportion among other categories, 2200mg for males and 1300mg for females. 6-11 year-old group increased the rate of salt consumption(3600mg for men, 3000mg for women) if it is compared with the previous category. Teenagers aged 12-19 years used too much salt for diet – 4300mg for boys and 3000mg for girls – which is more than recommended salt intake(2500mg) by 1300mg and 500mg respectively.
Turning to the last three groups, 20-39 year-old people used the largest amount of salt 4500mg and 3100mg. Aged 40-60 years genders’ indicator of salt consumption started decreasing and getting to the normal dose (4000mg for males and 2900 for females). Finally, humans aged over 60 years got quite bad results for men and great results for women, about 3700mg and 2500mg each.
