Table I.

Self-reported prevalence of food allergy in the United States

	Children	Adults	Total Study Population	New Study Population*
All Foods	6.53 (5.69–7.37)	9.72 (8.94–10.5)	8.96 (8.32–9.60)	7.64 (7.03–8.24)
Milk	1.94 (1.43–2.44)	2.64 (2.15–3.13)	2.47 (2.10–2.85)	1.62 (1.32–1.92)
Shellfish	0.87 (0.56–1.17)	2.04 (1.70–2.38)	1.76 (1.49–2.03)	1.33 (1.12–1.53)
PN	1.16 (0.83–1.49)	0.89 (0.61–1.17)	0.95 (0.72–1.19)	0.86 (0.65–1.07)
TN	0.52 (0.26–0.79)	0.87 (0.61–1.13)	0.79 (0.59–0.98)	N/A
Egg	0.64 (0.41–0.86)	0.51 (0.37–0.65)	0.54 (0.42–0.66)	N/A
Wheat	0.29 (0.11–0.47)	0.63 (0.42–0.84)	0.54 (0.38–0.71)	N/A
Fish	0.43 (0.13–0.73)	0.46 (0.33–0.59)	0.45 (0.34–0.57)	0.29 (0.20–0.37)
Soy	0.25 (0.14–0.37)	0.35 (0.17–0.53)	0.33 (0.18–0.47)	N/A
Corn	0.28 (0.09–0.47)	0.22 (0.09–0.35)	0.24 (0.12–0.35)	N/A
PN/TN	1.42 (1.03–1.81)	1.47 (1.08–1.86)	1.46 (1.13–1.79)	1.38 (1.06–1.70)
PN/TN/SF	2.06 (1.61–2.51)	3.26 (2.79–3.73)	2.97 (2.58–3.36)	2.50 (2.15–2.86)
PN/TN/F/SF	2.29 (1.79–2.80)	3.49 (3.00–3.99)	3.21 (2.80–3.61)	2.62 (2.26–2.99)
Other	2.83 (2.30–3.35)	4.49 (4.02–4.96)	4.09 (3.72–4.47)	N/A

Values reported as % (95% CI)

^*Study population after excluding those reporting allergy to peanut, shellfish, fish, and milk with recent consumption of the culprit food

PN = peanut; TN = tree nuts; SF = shellfish; F = fish