The bar chart illustrates the average daily sail intake of males and females in the United States in 2000 across different age groups, compared with recommended adult intake.
Overall, what stands out is that, man consumed significantly more salt than women in the given all period. In addition, salt intake generally increased with age until early adulthood and then declined slightly in older generation, while most groups exceeded the recommended daily amount.
When it comes to male salt consumption rose sharply from around 2,000 milligrams children under six to approximatily 4,500 milligrams in the 20-39 age groups, which was the highest figure shown. After this peak, intake fall gradually to around 3,500 milligrams among those over 60. A similar but lower patern can be seen for females, whose intake began with 1,300 in yougest groups, after that peaked at 3,000 milligram in adults aged 20-39, befora falling in later years.
When compered with recommended daily salt intake of around 2,500 milligrams, it is clear that most male age groups consumed well above this level. While female consumptions was closer to the guideline,although women aged between 12 and 60 still exceeded the recommended amount. Only the youngest children and elderly females consumed salt at or below the suggested level.