Branum AM and Lukacs SL. Food Allergy Among Children in the United States, Pediatrics 2009;124(6):1549-1555.
An analysis of previously published cross-sectional surveys of data on food allergy in children < 18 years of age was performed. Five previously reported surveys were reviewed. In 2007, 3.9% of US children < 18 years of age had reported FA. The prevalence of reported FA increased 18% from 1997 through 2007. In 2005-2006, specific Immunoglobulin E (IgE) to peanut was detectable for 9% of US children. Ambulatory care visits tripled between 1993 and 2006. From 2003 through 2006, there were an estimated average of 317,000 FA-related, ambulatory care visits per year. Hospitalizations with any recorded diagnoses related to FA also increased between 1998-2000 and 2004-2006, from 2,600 to 9,500 discharges per year.
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