Table 2.

Prevalence of self-reported allergies separated by age group, sex, occupational group and settlement structure.

	Any allergy	Pollen	House dust mite	Food	Contact allergy	Drug	Animal	Insect venom	Other
Total	27.3%	8.4%	6.1%	5.1%	5.4%	5.4%	3.4%	3.9%	1.3%
Age group
18–39 years	32.3%	12.9%	9.6%	6.3%	3.5%	4.8%	5.5%	5.0%	0.9%
40–49 years	31.6%	8.6%	6.4%	5.7%	8.4%	6.2%	5.2%	4.4%	1.5%
50–59 years	27.9%	9.0%	5.7%	4.7%	6.4%	5.9%	2.8%	3.7%	1.2%
60–69 years	21.6%	4.7%	4.4%	4.6%	4.1%	5.5%	1.8%	3.0%	0.9%
70+ years	20.5%, p < 0.001	4.8%, p < 0.001	3.1%, p = 0.001	3.9%, p = 0.542	4.4%, p = 0.005	3.1%, p = 0.439	1.7%, p = 0.001	3.9% p = 0.513	1.7%, p = 0.7441
Sex
Men	19.9%	6.2%	5.1%	3.0%	2.3%	3.0%	3.0%	3.4%	0.9%
Women	33.7%, p < 0.001	10.4%, p < 0.001	6.9%, p = 0.052	6.8%, p < 0.001	8.1%, p = 0.001	7.6%, p = 0.001	7.6%, p = 0.001	4.4%, p = 0.217	1.6%, p = 0.121
Occupational group
Famers	22.9%	4.6%	4.5%	3.3%	5.3%	5.0%	2.2%	3.2%	1.5%
Other outdoor workers	23.1%	8.2%	6.0%	4.0%	4.7%	3.0%	3.7%	3.0%	1.2%
Indoor workers	32.7%	11.6%	8.4%	7.0%	5.4%	6.8%	4.8%	4.3%	1.1%
Other occupations	31.3%, p < 0.001	12.5%, p < 0.001	5.8%, p = 0.007	6.7%, p = 0.002	5.3%, p = 0.968	5.3%, p = 0.043	3.8%, p = 0.032	6.7%, p = 0.069	0.5%, p = 0.7071
Settlement structure
Urban area	42.4%	18.4%	12.7%	9.5%	7.0%	7.6%	8.9%	6.3%	1.3%
Suburban area	27.1%	8.3%	6.0%	4.8%	5.5%	5.3%	3.3%	4.0%	1.1%
Rural area	24.4%, p < 0.001	6.1%, p < 0.001	5.4%, p = 0.002	4.5%, p = 0.029	4.9%, p = 0.584	5.2%, p = 0.451	3.0%, p = 0.001	3.5%, p = 0.268	1.4%, p = 0.7461

Other outdoor workers (e.g. forester, gardener, construction worker), indoor workers (e.g. office worker, teacher), other occupations (e.g. both farmer and office worker); ¹ = exact Fisher test