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Table 2 Characteristics of allergic population [n = 22]a

From: “If we are waiting for the numbers alone, we will miss the point”: a qualitative study of the perceived rise of food allergy and associated risk factors in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

ID [PP]

Allergic individual in household

Age of allergic person

Age of diagnosis [DS]

DS

Place of residence

Metropolitan/municipal & district areas

Child

Self

M

F

M

F

1x

 

X

  

5

1

PD

La

La municipal

 

X

  

5

11/2

2

   

X

25

15

 

Cantonments

Accra metropolis

3

X

   

3

1

 

East Legon

Accra metropolis

4

  

X

 

26

18

PD

Tema

Tema metropolis

5

X

   

12

4

 

Dodowa

Shai-Osudoku district

6

   

X

20

11

 

Adenta

Adentan municipal

7

  

X

 

23

17

 

Weija

Ga South municipal

8

   

X

25

15

PD

Lashibi

Tema metropolis

9

 

X

  

3

1

 

Dansoman

Accra metropolis

10

  

X

 

22

13

 

Kwabenya

Ga East municipal

11

   

X

24

10

 

Sakonono

Tema metropolis

12

  

X

 

25

19

 

Amasaman

Ga West municipal

13x

X

   

12

3

PD

Agbogba

Ga East municipal

 

X

  

8

2

14

  

X

 

25

14

 

Teshie-Nungua

Ledzokuku-Krowor municipal

15

X

   

4

1

PD

Osu

Accra metropolis

16

  

X

 

23

12

 

Achimota

Accra metropolis

17

X

   

5

2

 

East Legon

Accra metropolis

18

X

   

4

2

 

Cantonments

Accra metropolis

19

 

X

  

3

1

PD

Ashiaman

Ashiaman municipal

20

 

X

  

4

2

 

Community 2

Tema municipal

Total

12

10

     
  1. aParticipants have more than one child with food allergy
  2. PD – self-report of a physician diagnosis of food allergy