Stats of our lives: The United States of Allergies

How being born in the U.S. makes you more prone to hay fever — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures

The United States of Allergies
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34.5

Percentage of U.S.-born kids with one allergic disease

20.3

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Percentage of foreign-born kids with one allergic disease

10+

Years of living in the U.S. that caused foreign-born kids to have significantly higher odds of developing allergies

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