CDC released the largest study of food allergy patients 18 and under.

CDC Hospital Discharge study of food allergy patients

CDC conducted a hospital discharge survery of 9500 people 18 and under who had food allergy as a diagnosis on the hospital discharge. The results:

• Food Allergies increased 18 % from 1997 to 2007.
• 29 per cent of those with food allergies have asthma.
• 3 million children have food allergies. 
•  2004 to 2006, there were an average of 9,537 hospital discharges per year with a diagnosis related to food allergy among children 0 to 17 years.

 To view the entire article visit: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db10.pdf.