How dangerous is food allergy in childhood? The incidence of severe and fatal allergic reactions across the UK and Ireland

C F Macdougall; A J Cant; A F Colver

doi:10.1136/adc.86.4.236

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Community child health, public health, and epidemiology

How dangerous is food allergy in childhood? The incidence of severe and fatal allergic reactions across the UK and Ireland

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Mar 2002	259	127	56
Apr 2002	904	1069	413
May 2002	134	313	138
Jun 2002	64	133	53
Jul 2002	37	104	52
Aug 2002	35	68	39
Sep 2002	27	101	41
Oct 2002	36	117	63
Nov 2002	41	89	30
Dec 2002	29	84	39
Jan 2003	44	89	59
Feb 2003	86	141	57
Mar 2003	83	235	62
Apr 2003	44	143	52
May 2003	44	151	68
Jun 2003	29	106	39
Jul 2003	45	57	13
Aug 2003	36	81	54
Sep 2003	88	71	42
Oct 2003	52	91	37
Nov 2003	39	71	61
Dec 2003	60	99	34
Jan 2004	58	84	47
Feb 2004	52	97	44
Mar 2004	61	118	44
Apr 2004	35	56	43
May 2004	121	125	51
Jun 2004	101	110	34
Jul 2004	58	71	21
Aug 2004	55	72	33
Sep 2004	38	59	47
Oct 2004	58	49	66
Nov 2004	27	51	50
Dec 2004	22	40	26
Jan 2005	28	98	75
Feb 2005	42	82	46
Mar 2005	34	44	44
Apr 2005	11	61	20
May 2005	35	71	35
Jun 2005	27	50	33
Jul 2005	18	29	19
Aug 2005	26	60	36
Sep 2005	30	61	26
Oct 2005	56	92	31
Nov 2005	55	116	48
Dec 2005	40	64	26
Jan 2006	43	79	29
Feb 2006	25	52	42
Mar 2006	36	38	45
Apr 2006	22	57	46
May 2006	28	54	35
Jun 2006	11	54	17
Jul 2006	19	40	25
Aug 2006	22	46	17
Sep 2006	77	106	45
Oct 2006	111	120	49
Nov 2006	105	87	40
Dec 2006	64	49	31
Jan 2007	88	77	42
Feb 2007	108	63	30
Mar 2007	104	76	54
Apr 2007	115	18	24
May 2007	71	18	22
Jun 2007	67	10	14
Jul 2007	56	31	21
Aug 2007	86	22	26
Sep 2007	97	20	18
Oct 2007	78	16	19
Nov 2007	58	21	20
Dec 2007	39	13	20
Jan 2008	76	10	20
Feb 2008	98	19	28
Mar 2008	94	12	15
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May 2008	17	19	13
Jun 2008	23	8	11
Jul 2008	33	5	8
Aug 2008	34	3	6
Sep 2008	52	11	11
Oct 2008	70	4	17
Nov 2008	61	12	4
Dec 2008	27	4	11
Jan 2009	76	4	9
Feb 2009	70	3	8
Mar 2009	63	14	18
Apr 2009	47	12	22
May 2009	35	9	14
Jun 2009	43	3	6
Jul 2009	42	11	11
Aug 2009	50	5	5
Sep 2009	70	9	17
Oct 2009	61	13	17
Nov 2009	63	5	11
Dec 2009	43	4	19
Jan 2010	51	5	15
Feb 2010	56	11	16
Mar 2010	44	15	14
Apr 2010	57	13	6
May 2010	52	17	6
Jun 2010	47	11	11
Jul 2010	42	2	10
Aug 2010	51	5	16
Sep 2010	47	3	10
Oct 2010	56	6	15
Nov 2010	59	10	10
Dec 2010	32	6	7
Jan 2011	34	1	4
Feb 2011	32	4	9
Mar 2011	52	6	13
Apr 2011	46	5	4
May 2011	21	4	4
Jun 2011	31	9	9
Jul 2011	46	7	6
Aug 2011	30	2	3
Sep 2011	44	4	14
Oct 2011	58	5	11
Nov 2011	56	18	9
Dec 2011	41	13	5
Jan 2012	64	18	11
Feb 2012	74	38	11
Mar 2012	40	13	16
Apr 2012	35	27	22
May 2012	78	34	24
Jun 2012	86	29	22
Jul 2012	68	21	44
Aug 2012	66	21	23
Sep 2012	79	26	39
Oct 2012	81	29	32
Nov 2012	80	31	28
Dec 2012	66	23	13
Jan 2013	109	36	15
Feb 2013	91	20	21
Mar 2013	69	23	13
Apr 2013	149	26	31
May 2013	100	22	25
Jun 2013	62	18	13
Jul 2013	36	10	10
Aug 2013	55	10	12
Sep 2013	73	17	15
Oct 2013	85	16	20
Nov 2013	85	24	15
Dec 2013	131	17	26
Jan 2014	115	29	16
Feb 2014	79	20	12
Mar 2014	93	25	12
Apr 2014	81	20	12
May 2014	112	31	16
Jun 2014	90	49	11
Jul 2014	98	44	12
Aug 2014	119	57	8
Sep 2014	113	33	9
Oct 2014	97	47	9
Nov 2014	131	52	11
Dec 2014	143	37	5
Jan 2015	94	27	18
Feb 2015	72	46	16
Mar 2015	93	45	24
Apr 2015	84	53	16
May 2015	67	75	14
Jun 2015	55	41	7
Jul 2015	47	32	6
Aug 2015	59	43	12
Sep 2015	57	32	7
Oct 2015	42	29	4
Nov 2015	61	44	20
Dec 2015	52	39	12
Jan 2016	60	37	10
Feb 2016	30	33	4
Mar 2016	26	27	25
Apr 2016	40	33	14
May 2016	35	30	12
Jun 2016	42	16	5
Jul 2016	77	23	9
Aug 2016	43	39	2
Sep 2016	63	30	7
Oct 2016	70	37	10
Nov 2016	59	30	14
Dec 2016	57	23	7
Jan 2017	51	17	9
Feb 2017	28	24	18
Mar 2017	32	23	15
Apr 2017	38	27	7
May 2017	24	42	8
Jun 2017	35	43	5
Jul 2017	27	15	3
Aug 2017	41	28	5
Sep 2017	79	39	9
Oct 2017	104	52	13
Nov 2017	115	69	12
Dec 2017	82	38	13
Jan 2018	76	36	8
Feb 2018	120	49	16
Mar 2018	81	41	15
Apr 2018	78	36	25
May 2018	87	39	25
Jun 2018	58	34	7
Jul 2018	61	37	10
Aug 2018	64	52	14
Sep 2018	162	140	32
Oct 2018	284	236	35
Nov 2018	320	280	21
Dec 2018	179	157	14
Jan 2019	240	218	25
Feb 2019	269	254	18
Mar 2019	297	260	27
Apr 2019	294	236	36
May 2019	268	242	23
Jun 2019	189	172	17
Jul 2019	133	122	25
Aug 2019	156	143	8
Sep 2019	242	196	15
Oct 2019	219	158	32
Nov 2019	191	151	19
Dec 2019	207	168	23
Jan 2020	233	182	15
Feb 2020	168	143	21
Mar 2020	117	86	25
Apr 2020	75	65	8
May 2020	119	83	15
Jun 2020	63	47	13
Jul 2020	89	69	18
Aug 2020	89	80	13
Sep 2020	141	114	6
Oct 2020	138	107	10
Nov 2020	100	87	16
Dec 2020	169	124	21
Jan 2021	161	128	15
Feb 2021	138	112	16
Mar 2021	163	135	18
Apr 2021	148	104	7
May 2021	150	137	18
Jun 2021	154	153	7
Jul 2021	232	227	24
Aug 2021	453	450	18
Sep 2021	209	207	25
Oct 2021	301	244	45
Nov 2021	210	179	30
Dec 2021	208	185	16
Jan 2022	213	181	11
Feb 2022	179	168	15
Mar 2022	315	227	46
Apr 2022	263	234	13
May 2022	212	195	14
Jun 2022	162	130	14
Jul 2022	143	113	9
Aug 2022	129	119	8
Sep 2022	166	145	17
Oct 2022	168	143	11
Nov 2022	147	125	11
Dec 2022	124	99	15
Jan 2023	148	121	13
Feb 2023	161	129	14
Mar 2023	164	132	15
Apr 2023	162	127	15
May 2023	141	112	11
Jun 2023	128	109	11
Jul 2023	118	112	17
Aug 2023	138	121	4
Sep 2023	179	142	15
Oct 2023	208	167	14
Nov 2023	206	152	17
Dec 2023	252	38	6
Jan 2024	133	8	2
Feb 2024	117	4	1
Mar 2024	244	4	4
Apr 2024	239	14	8
May 2024	108	6	4
Jun 2024	135	4	1
Jul 2024	120	5	0
Aug 2024	145	2	1
Sep 2024	132	10	2
Oct 2024	166	8	3
Nov 2024	178	2	2
Dec 2024	150	12	5
Jan 2025	176	3	2
Feb 2025	33	2	0
Mar 2025	9	4	1
Apr 2025	31	3	1
Total	27055	19466	6030

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