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Table 1 Age distribution of incident drug allergy labeling (per allergy label) in comparison to individuals without drug allergy

From: Identifying the most at-risk age-group and longitudinal trends of drug allergy labeling amongst 7.3 million individuals in Hong Kong

Age group (years)

Individuals without drug allergy

Incident drug allergy labelinga

Overall

6,922,941

552,897

0–9

1,016,452 (14.7%)

23,899 (4.3%)

10–19

640,551 (9.3%)

22,756 (4.1%)

20–29

931,646 (13.5%)

50,844 (9.2%)

30–39

1,061,763 (15.3%)

78,316 (14.2%)

40–49

1,074,751 (15.5%)

92,573 (16.7%)

50–59

963,259 (13.9%)

106,249 (19.2%)

60–69

597,246 (8.6%)

82,814 (15.0%)

70–79

416,292 (6.0%)

59,968 (10.9%)

80–89

186,387 (2.7%)

29,804 (5.4%)

90+

34,594 (0.5%)

5,674 (1.0%)

  1. aSome patients may have multiple drug allergy labels