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Share of U.S. children with food allergies in the past year as of 2016, by ethnicity

Percentage of children in the U.S. who had food allergies in the last 12 months as of 2016, by ethnicity

The data shows the percentage of children in the United States who had food allergies in the past 12 months as of 2016, by ethnicity. In that year, 6.2% of Asian children had food allergies in the past year.

White	5.9
Black or African American	5.9
Asian	6.2
Two or more races	8.8
Hispanic or Latino	5.6

Share of U.S. children with food allergies in the past year as of 2016, by ethnicity

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