Table 4.
El Paso nativity and ethnicity/questionnaire language groups by queried diagnosed allergy type.
| El Paso Nativity | Ethnicity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifelong | Immigrant | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | |||
| Early: Before entering 1st grade | Late: After entering 1st grade | English Preferred | Spanish Preferred | |||
| (n = 4370) | (n = 862) | (n = 1164) | (n = 1226) | (n = 3005) | (n = 2165) | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Diagnosed allergy to: | ||||||
| things ingested (e.g. food or medicine) | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
| house dust or dust mites | 11.7 | 12.8 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 14.4 | 7.1 |
| pollens (e.g. grasses, trees, flowers) | 24.7 | 22.2 | 19.8 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 14.5 |
| molds | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 2.0 |
| animal fur or dander (e.g. cats or dogs) | 8.9 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 6.3 |
| insect bites or stings (e.g. bee stings) | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
| feathers (e.g. pillows or comforters) | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| things that contact the skin* (e.g. wool) | 2.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| other | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| unknown | 2.7 | 3.25 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 1.1 |
| only pollens | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 5.4 |
| only animal fur or dander | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| only non-pollen aeroallergens** | 12.9 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 7.7 |
Coded as ever diagnosed allergy, Hispanic ethnicity/questionnaire language and duration of El Paso residence (nativity), El Paso Children's Health Study of 4th or 5th grade children: El Paso Independent School District, February 2001 (n = 6396)
*not poison oak, ivy, or sumac
**aeroallergens: house dust or house dust mites, pollens, molds, animal fur or dander, or feathers