Table 2 Mean daily consumption of various country food items by gender and age, 2004

From: Re-evaluation of blood mercury, lead and cadmium concentrations in the Inuit population of Nunavik (Québec): a cross-sectional study

	Men			Women
	N	Geometric Mean	95% CI	N	Geometric Mean	95% CI
Marine mammal meat ¹
Age group 18–24	76	3.1	2.2–4.5	92	2.4	1.9–3.1
25–44	184	3.8	3.0–4.7	212	2.1	1.7–2.5
45–74	79	4.4	3.2–5.8	105	2,7	2.1–3.6
All	339	3.8	3.2–4.4	409	2.3	2.0–2.6
Fish ¹
Age group 18–24	78	17.3	12.1–24.7	94	13.0	9.2–18.4
25–44	189	29.3	24.0–36.0	218	22.0	18.2–26.6
45–74	87	37.7	28.8–49.4	110	28.1	21.6–36.5
All	354	27.5	23.6–32.1	422	20.9	18.2–24.0
Terrestrial mammal meat ¹
Age group 18–24	78	17.1	12.0–24.2	94	19.6	14.2–26.9
25–44	189	23.9	19.5–29.4	215	20.4	17.2–24.2
45–74	85	26.4	20.4–34.2	108	19.1	14.2–25.5
All	352	22.6	19.4–26.3	417	19.8	17.4–22.6
Game birds meat ¹
Age group 18–24	78	12.8	9.2–17.9	94	6.1	4.3–8.8
25–44	189	10.3	8.1–13.1	218	8.1	6.6–10.0
45–74	87	13.5	9.8–18.6	111	10.0	7.4–13.5
All	354	11.6	9.8–13.8	422	8.1	6.9–9.4

¹ Grams per day, annual basis

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