U.S. Food Consumption: Egg intake has decreased 23% since 1970

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From 1970 to 1997, U.S. intake of eggs decreased 23 percent per person, from 309 eggs to 239 eggs per person according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.                                                        

Eggs U.S. Consumption per person from 1970-1997
Year	Eggs	% Change since 1970
1970	309 eggs	NA
1980	271 eggs	-12%
1990	234 eggs	-24%
1997	239 eggs	-23%

REFERENCE

Putnam JJ, Allshouse JE. Food consumption, prices, and expenditures, 1970-97. Statistical Bulletin No. 965, 1999 April, Table 1. http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/sb965/

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