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The International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders is a non-profit, non-government organization for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency and the promotion of optimal iodine nutrition worldwide.

 
Sources of iodine - more detail

See:  Chapter from Towards The Global Elimination of Brain Damage Due to Iodine Deficiency  

Excerpt from

Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron,
Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel,
Silicon, Vanadium and Zinc

2000, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (US)

TABLE E-4
Mean and Percentiles for Usual Intake of Iodine (mg/day) from Food,
Total Diet Study (1991–1997)

Sex/Age Categorya
# Persons Examined
Mean
Percentile
1st
5th
Both sexes, 0 to 6 mo
204
0.08
0.00
0.00
Standard error
 
0.00
0.02
0.01
Both sexes, 7 to 12 mo
139
0.14
0.00
0.02
Standard error
 
0.01
0.00
0.04
Both sexes, 1 to 3 y
1,908
0.30
0.05
0.10
Standard error
 
0.00
0.03
0.01
Both sexes, 4 to 8 y
1,711
0.38
0.09
0.13
Standard error
 
0.01
0.03
0.01
M 9 to 13 y
574
0.49
0.09
0.15
Standard error
 
0.01
0.04
0.03
M 14 to 18 y
474
0.53
0.09
0.15
Standard error
 
0.02
0.04
0.03
M 19 to 30 y
920
0.41
0.05
0.11
Standard error
 
0.01
0.04
0.02
M 31 to 50 y
1,805
0.37
0.06
0.12
Standard error
 
0.01
0.03
0.01
M 51 to 70 y
1,680
0.33
0.05
0.11
Standard error
 
0.00
0.04
0.01
M 71+ y
722
0.30
0.05
0.10
Standard error
 
0.01
0.04
0.02
F 9 to 13 y
586
0.38
0.08
0.13
Standard error
 
0.01
0.06
0.02
F 14 to 18 y
455
0.33
0.06
0.09
Standard error
 
0.01
0.05
0.02
F 19 to 30 y
880
0.29
0.04
0.08
Standard error
 
0.01
0.04
0.02
F 31 to 50 y
1,733
0.26
0.04
0.08
Standard error
 
0.00
0.03
0.01
F 51 to 70 y
1,605
0.24
0.05
0.08
Standard error
 
0.00
0.03
0.01
F 71+ y
669
0.23
0.05
0.08
Standard error
 
0.01
0.03
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