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TABLE XII. 



Consumption of Human Foods, Primary and Secondary, in the United 



States, in Terms of Caloric Value, Arranged by Commodities 



in Order of Magnitude. 



Order 



No. 



Commodity. 



Average for the Six Years, 1911-12 

 to 1916-17. 



Absolute Con- 

 sumption (Mil- 

 lion Calories). 



Percentage 

 Consump- 

 tion. 



Absolute Con-: Percentage 

 Cumulated juj^ption (^ji- Consump- 

 Per Cent, ijqjj Calories. tion. 



Cumu- 

 lated Per 

 Cent. 



3 

 4 

 5 



6 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 

 II 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 



17 

 18 



19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



Wheat 



Pork 



Dairy products. 



Sugars .■ 



Corn 



Beef 



Oils 



Potatoes 



Poultry and eggs 

 Other vegetables 



Apples 



Nuts 



Legumes 



Other cereals . . . 

 Other fruits .... 



Mutton 



Rice 



Rye 



Oleomargarine . 



Fish 



Bananas 



Cocoa 



Oranges 



33.657.299 



20,453,649 



19,834,010 



17,196,595 



9,141,678 



6,892,851 



4,700,590 



4.366,750 



2,620,311 



1,465,344 



1,403,750 



1,196,911 



1,077,932 



893.383 

 800,831 

 791,032 

 774.430 

 590.475 

 542,719 

 534.509 

 519,109 



371.769 

 138,850 



25.90 



15-74 



15.26 



13-24 



7-03 



5-30 



3-62 



3-36 



2.02 



I-I3 



1.08 



-92 



•83 



.69 



.62 



.61 



.60 



•45 

 .42 

 .41 

 .40 

 .29 



25.90 

 41.64 

 56.90 

 70.14 



77.17 



82.47 

 86.09 



89-45 

 91-47 

 92.60 

 93-68 

 94.60 



95-43 

 96.12 

 96.74 

 97-35 

 97-95 

 98.40 

 98.82 

 99-23 

 99-63 

 99-92 

 100.03 



30,021 



21,010 



20,594 



17.939 



10,938 



7.017 



5.455 



5.162 



2,648 



2,262 



1,927 



1,904 



1.638 



1.381, 



1.299, 



1.205, 



1,170, 



994, 

 678, 

 553 

 533. 

 429 

 93 



979 

 397 

 616 

 129 

 521 

 398 

 418 

 528 

 262 

 988 

 964 

 998 

 716 



039 

 820 



454 

 593 

 221 

 641 

 498 

 419 

 360 



569 



21.94 



15-36 



15.05 



13-11 



7-99 



5-13 



3-99 



3-77 



1.94 



1.65 



1. 41 



1-39 



1.20 



1. 01 



•95 

 .88 

 .86 

 •73 

 •50 

 .40 

 •39 

 •31 

 •07 



21.94 

 37^30 

 52.35 

 65-46 

 73-45 

 78.58 

 82.57 

 86.34 

 88.28 



8993 

 91-34 

 92.73 

 93-93 

 94-94 

 95-89 

 96.77 

 97^63 

 98.36 

 98.86 

 99.26 

 99.65 

 99.96 

 100.03 



Total 129,931,314 



136,819,738 



normally to the total. Dairy products are second with 20 per cent, 

 of the total. Beef with 14 per cent, and pork with 11 per cent, 

 stand next. The other commodities contributing more than 2 per 

 cent, to the total protein intake of the population are, in the order 

 named : Poultry and eggs, corn, potatoes, and fish. Taken together, 

 these eight commodities furnish 92 per cent, of the total protein 

 intake. We see that a very few commodities furnish a very large 

 percentage of the nutritional intake. This fact, in and of itself, 

 helps enormously towards the possibility of making a study such as 

 this substantially accurate in its results. It is clear that the minor 

 items omitted from our calculations have no significance in the final 

 general result. If four food commodities furnish nearly 75 per 

 cent, of the total protein ingested, it is obvious that a large error. 



