Table 1.

Prevalence of Coconut Allergies by Age, Population-weighted Frequency % (95% CI)

Age Group	Reported Coconut Allergy	Coconut Allergy with Hx of Convincing Symptoms	Physician-confirmed Convincing Coconut Allergy
Coconut allergy prevalence
All ages	0.73 (0.66–0.81)	0.39 (0.33–0.45)	0.18 (0.15–0.22)
Children (<18 years)	.47 (.37–.59)	0.22 (0.16–0.30)	0.12 (0.08–0.18)
0–2 years	0.50 (0.30–0.83)	0.13 (0.08–0.22)	0.05 (0.02–0.12)
3–5 years	0.45 (0.23–0.88)	0.25 (0.09–0.74)	0.08 (0.04–0.19)
6–10 years	0.44 (0.31–0.62)	0.27 (0.16–0.45)	0.18 (0.09–0.36)
11–13 years	0.53 (0.29–0.96)	0.19 (0.11–0.31)	0.14 (0.07–0.26)
14–17 years	0.44 (0.28–0.71)	0.24 (0.14–0.40)	0.11 (0.05–0.26)
Adults (>=18 years)	0.81 (0.72–0.91)	0.43 (0.37–0.51)	0.20 (0.16–0.24)
18–29 years	1.04 (0.85–1.28)	0.51 (0.37–0.70)	0.22 (0.15–0.31)
30–39 years	1.21 (0.95–1.54)	0.72 (0.52–0.99)	0.36 (0.24–0.56)
40–49 years	0.56 (0.40–0.79)	0.30 (0.20–0.46)	0.11 (0.07–0.19)
50–59 years	0.86 (0.65–1.15)	0.47 (0.32–0.69)	0.18 (0.09–0.35)
60+ years	0.48 (0.35–0.65)	0.26 (0.17–0.38)	0.13 (0.08–0.21)
Coconut allergy prevalence among children and adults with any convincing FA
All ages	5.3 (4.7–5.9)	3.6 (3.1–4.1)	1.7 (1.4–2.1)
Children (<18 years)	4.8 (3.8–6.0)	2.9 (2.1–3.9)	1.6 (1.1–2.3)
0–2 years	5.2 (3.3–8.3)	1.8 (1.1–31.)	0.7 (0.3–1.7)
3–5 years	3.9 (1.7–8.9)	3.0 (1.0–8.5)	1.0 (0.4–2.3)
6–10 years	5.0 (3.4–7.2)	3.3 (2.0–5.5)	2.3 (1.1–4.5)
11–13 years	4.4 (3.0–6.4)	2.5 (1.5–4.1)	1.8 (1.0–3.4)
14–17 years	5.1 (2.9–8.6)	3.4 (2.0–5.6)	1.6 (0.7–3.6)
Adults (18+ years)	5.6 (4.9–6.4)	4.0 (3.4–4.7)	1.8 (1.5–2.3)
18–29 years	6.9 (5.5–8.6)	4.5 (3.3–6.1)	1.9 (1.4–2.8)
30–39 years	7.7 (6.0–10.0)	5.6 (4.1–7.7)	2.9 (1.9–4.4)
40–49 years	3.9 (2.7–5.5)	3.0 (2.0–4.5)	1.1 (0.7–1.9)
50–59 years	5.1 (3.7–7.0)	3.9 (2.7–5.7)	1.5 (0.8–2.9)
60+ years	4.1 (2.9–5.8)	2.9 (2.0–4.3)	1.5 (0.9–2.4)