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• Findings from a 2009 to 2010 study of 38,480 children indicated 8% have a food allergy. This corresponds to an estimated 5.9 million children in the United States 38.7% of the children surveyed have a history of severe reactions, and 30.4% of food allergic children have multiple food allergies.³⁵
• Findings from a 2009 to 2010 study of 38,480 children indicated that of those who are food allergic, peanut is the most prevalent allergen, followed by milk and then shellfish.³⁵
• In 2007, approximately 3 million children under the age of 18 were reported to have a food or digestive allergy in the previous 12 months.⁶
• The prevalence of food allergy among children under the age of 18 increased 18% percent from 1997 to 2007.⁶
• Kids with a food allergy are two to four times more likely to have conditions such as asthma and other allergies.⁶
• Approximately 6% of children 0-2 years have a food allergy; about 9% of children ages 3-5; nearly 8% of children ages 6-10; approximately 8% of children ages 11-13; and more than 8.5% of children ages 14-18.³⁵
• Six and a half million Americans (or 2.3% of the general population) are allergic to seafood.⁹
• More than 3 million people in the United States report being allergic to peanuts, tree nuts or both.¹⁰
• More than 3% of adults have one or more food allergies.¹¹
• Food allergies account for 35% to 50% of all cases of anaphylaxis.¹⁷
• Food allergies affect approximately 3 to 4% of adults in the United States population.²⁴
• Approximately 80% of milk allergy is outgrown by age 16.²⁵
• Approximately 68% of egg allergy is outgrown by age 16.²⁶
• Approximately 20% of children outgrow it by age 6.²⁷
• Tree nut allergy (almonds, walnuts, etc.) affects 1.2% of the population. Approximately 9% of children outgrow tree nut allergy by age 6.²⁸
• Peanut allergy doubled in children from 1997-2002.²⁹
• Most peanut allergic patients can safely eat other legumes such as soy or beans (95%), but they can have concurrent allergy to tree nuts such as walnuts or pecans (25 to 50%).²⁷
• Skin contact and inhalation exposure to peanut butter are unlikely to cause systemic reactions or anaphylaxis.³⁰
• It is estimated that the number of cases of anaphylaxis from foods in the US increased from 21,000 per year in 1999 to 51,000 per year in 2008, based on long term population studies of anaphylaxis from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.³¹
• From 2003 to 2006, food allergies resulted in approximately 317,000 visits to hospital emergency departments, outpatient clinics and physicians’ offices, according to Branum and colleagues, using data from multiple United States national surveys collected by the National Center for Health Statistics.³²
• Food allergy related hospital admissions increased from 2,600 per year (1998-2000) to 9,500 per year (2004-2006), according to a study from Branum and colleagues.³²
• It is estimated that food allergies cause approximately 150 to 200 fatalities per year, based on data from a five year study of anaphylaxis in Minnesota from the Mayo Clinic.³³
• Fatal food anaphylaxis is most often caused by peanuts (50-62%) and tree nuts (15-30%).³⁴