YOUR FOOD STORAGE PLAN
75
TABLE 8-1. DETERMINING POPULATION EQUIVALENTS
Ages
Percent of 2600 cal Required
Infants
0-1
35
X
Children
1-3 4-8
52 81
X X
9-13 14-18 19-30 31-50 51+
104 125 133 123 115
X X X X X
9-13 14-18 19-30 31-50 51+ Pregnant Nursing
98 94 88 85 83 +12 +25
X X X X X X X
Males
Females
Number in Category
Percent
Total Total divided by 100 equals population equivalents, (move decimal 2 places to left)
+ 100
EXAMPLE FAMILY: The family consists of four people, a middle age couple and two teenagers, a boy seventeen and a girl fourteen. Using the table and checking two years ahead: Current Year Males
Females
14-18 19-30 31-50
125 133 123
X X X
14-18 19-30 31-50
94 88 85
X X X
1
Two Years Ahead _
125 =~
1_
123
1 1_
= 133 = 123
94
1
= = =
85_
=
435
1
=
1_
= " 85
Total
= _ 427
1_ Total
94
In this particular example it won't change much over two years. That will not always be the case. The example family thus chooses the higher figure, adds 5% for waste (+.22) and gets a 4.57 total. They then multiply the 4.57 by the amounts listed and get: