Table 1 Lifetime prevalence of allergic diseases among mothers
Age at delivery | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total(n = 99013)* | <25(n = 9770) | 25-30(n = 27282) | 30-35(n = 35070) | > = 35(n = 26891) | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Allergic diseases | 50424 | 50.9 | 4468 | 45.7 | 13613 | 49.9 | 18535 | 52.9 | 13808 | 51.3 |
Asthma | 10825 | 10.9 | 1192 | 12.2 | 3071 | 11.3 | 3817 | 10.9 | 2745 | 10.2 |
Allergic rhinitis, hey fever | 35656 | 36.0 | 2951 | 30.2 | 9357 | 34.3 | 13242 | 37.8 | 10106 | 37.6 |
Allergic conjunctivitis | 9829 | 9.9 | 729 | 7.5 | 2514 | 9.2 | 3775 | 10.8 | 2811 | 10.5 |
Atopic dermatitis | 15571 | 15.7 | 1452 | 14.9 | 4733 | 17.3 | 5802 | 16.5 | 3584 | 13.3 |
Food allergy | 4783 | 4.8 | 580 | 5.9 | 1385 | 5.1 | 1649 | 4.7 | 1169 | 4.3 |
Drug allergy | 2568 | 2.6 | 128 | 1.3 | 535 | 2.0 | 959 | 2.7 | 946 | 3.5 |
Contact dermatitis | 1893 | 1.9 | 85 | 0.9 | 382 | 1.4 | 728 | 2.1 | 698 | 2.6 |