Dietary Iron Intake in Women of Reproductive Age in Europe: A Review of 49 Studies from 29 Countries in the Period 1993–2015

Table 3

Dietary iron intake in nonpregnant women of predominantly reproductive age in 29 European countries, arranged according to median or mean iron intake.

Country	Reference	Median or mean iron intake (mg/day)
Lithuania	[23]	18.5
Slovakia	[48]	18.6
Croatia	[20]	16.1
Portugal	[44]	15.9
Germany	[30]	12.2
Latvia	[23]	13.0
Austria	[14]	11.9
France	[27]	11.9
Russia	[45]	11.8
Estonia	[23]	11.0
Ireland	[36]	10.7
Poland	[43]	10.7
Spain	[49]	10.5
Netherlands	[39]	10.4
Finland	[25]	10.3
Iceland	[34]	10.2
Norway	[42]	10.0
Italy	[37]	9.9
Hungary	[33]	9.8
Switzerland	[54]	9.8
Denmark	[22]	9.7
UK/England	[56]	9.5
Serbia	[47]	9.4
Wales	[58]	9.4
Scotland	[46]	9.3
Northern Ireland	[41]	9.1
Sweden	[53]	9.0
Belgium	[18]	8.4
Bosnia	[19]	7.6

Arithmetic mean.