Food Allergy--Lessons from Asia

Table 1 Prevalence of Peanut Allergy in Various Population-Based Surveys

Country	Prevalence%, 95% Confidence Interval	No. Surveyed, Response Rate	Age of Population, yrs	Study Year	Reference
United States	0.4*	2998	< 18	1997	Sicherer et al[59]
	0.8*	2948	< 18	2002	Sicherer et al[31]
United Kingdom	1.2**	1218/1456	4	1993-1994	Tariq et al[32]
	1.5**	1273/2878	3-4	1997-1999	Grundy et al[33]
	1.8** (1.1-2.7)	957	4-5	2003-2005	Hourihane et al[34]
Canada	1.5** (1.2-1.9)	4339/7768	7	2000-2005	Kagan et al[35]
France	1	33,110/44,000	< 0-60	1997	Kanny 2001[36]
Singapore	0.3, 0.014**	6765/8072	14-15	2005-2006	Gerez et al[30]

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