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QuickStats: Percentage of Children with Selected Allergies,* by Age Group
--- United States, 2003--2005
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* Based on parental responses to the following survey questions: "During the past 12 months, has [child's name] had
any of the following conditions...Hay fever? Any kind of food or digestive allergy? Eczema or any kind of skin allergy?"
† 95% confidence interval.
During 2003--2005, the percentage of children with hay fever increased with age; children aged 10--17
years were nearly three times as likely to have hay fever than children aged 0--4 years. In contrast, the
percentage of children with skin allergies decreased with age, and the percentage of children with food allergies did
not vary with age.
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