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Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Agriculture
Sub-Agency	Economic Research Service
Category	Health and Nutrition
Date Released	September, 2001
Date Updated	2/27/2009
Time Period	1909 through 2007
Frequency	annual
Description	Estimates of per capita availability of several hundred foods available for human consumption in the United States

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Research
Keywords	food consumption, per capita, food availability, nutrient availability, loss-adjusted food availability, food supply data, disappearance data, Food Guide Pyramid servings data, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, dietary recommendations, agriculture, ERS, USDA
Unique ID	31

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System
Agency Program Page	Diet Quality Briefing Room
Agency Data Series Page	Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	pounds per person
Granularity	National
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	other
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption/FoodAvailDoc.htm
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption/FoodAvailDoc.htm

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption/FoodAvailDoc.htm
Additional Metadata

OMB Control No. 3090-0284