Vitamin D levels continue to fall: Canada 6 percent drop from 2009 to 2011 – Feb 2013

Vitamin D Society Press Release

• Compaired Canadian govt studies
• For ages of 6 thru 79 years old
• 2009 average = 67.7 nmol/L
• 2011 average = 63.5 nmol/L
  • = 6.2% drop

Note:

• The most recent Canadian data is from 2011. Levels most likely has fallen even further since then.
• 63.5 nmol/L = 25.4 ng in 2011
• Vitamin D Recommendations around the world - IU and ng many recommend 30, 40, 50, 60 ng
• Percent of population with less than 20 ng of vitamin D has the following graph
  Notice that 61% of Canadians had less than even 20 ng.

• Overview Deficiency of vitamin D
  has a chart showing number of US residents with >30 ng dropped by 50% in 16 years
  (Which is an average drop of 6 % every two years – similar to the drop seen in Canada)

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