Table 1.
Fish allergy prevalence and fish consumption.
| Country | Adult (A)/children (C) | Questionnaire-based prevalence (%) | Clinically confirmed fish allergy prevalence (%) | Reference | Consumption (kg/capita/year)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | |||||
| United States | C | 0.3–0.6 | – | Gupta et al. (7) | 12.3 |
| United States | A | 0.9 | – | Gupta et al. (8) | 12.3 |
| Asia | |||||
| China | C | – | 0.2 | Chen et al. (9) | 21.1 |
| Israel | C | 0.01 | – | Dalal et al. (10) | 22.2 |
| Philippines | C | 2.3 | – | Connet et al. (11) | 28.5 |
| UAE | C | 2.8 | – | Al-Hammadi et al. (12) | 20.4 |
| Singapore | C | 0.3 | – | Connet et al. (11) | – |
| Thailand | C | 0.3 | – | Connet et al. (11) | 19.4 |
| Vietnam | C | 1.6 | 1.2 | Le Thu et al. (13) | 26.5 |
| Africa | |||||
| Ghana | C | 0.3 | – | Obeng et al. (14) | 26.0 |
| Europe | |||||
| Finland | C | 5–7 | 0.3 | Pyrhonen et al. (15) | 33.8 |
| France | C | – | 0.7 | Penard-Morand et al. (16) | 22.9 |
| Germany | C | 0.2 | 0.6 | Grabenhenrich et al. (17) and Schnabel et al. (18) | 11.2 |
| Iceland | C | 1.3 | – | Grabenhenrich et al. (17) | 74.4 |
| Lithuania | C | 0.5 | – | Grabenhenrich et al. (17) | 42.4 |
| Netherlands | C | 0.3 | – | Grabenhenrich et al. (17) | 18.6 |
| Norway | C | 3 | – | Eggesbo et al. (19) | 38.2 |
| Poland | C | 0.4 | – | Grabenhenrich et al. (17) | 10.5 |
| Sweden | C | – | 0.7 | Ostblom et al. (20) | 23.9 |
| UK | C | 0.3 | – | Grabenhenrich et al. (17) | 15.5 |
*
Consumption is based on FAOSTAT database on Food Supply - Livestock and Fish Primary Equivalent for 2013 (www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CL, accessed on June 20th 2021).
–, not available; C, children; A, adults.