Chapter 4. Infant Health

Table 4.18. Percent of mothers whose babies were diagnosed by a medical doctor as having an allergy to any food by infant age and selected demographics¹, among babies taken to a doctor because of problems caused by food during these periods Infant Feeding Practices Study II
	Month 0-4				Month 5-9				Month 10-12
	N	Yes	No	Total(%)	N	Yes	No	Total(%)	N	Yes	No	Total(%)
ALL	99	36.4	63.6	100	74	51.4	48.6	100	74	67.6	32.4	100
Age
18-24	26	42.3	57.7	100	16	62.5	37.5	100	9	66.7	33.3	100
25-29	33	30.3	69.7	100	23	52.2	47.8	100	32	75.0	25.0	100
30-34	24	37.5	62.5	100	22	45.5	54.5	100	21	57.1	42.9	100
35+	16	37.5	62.5	100	13	46.2	53.8	100	12	66.7	33.3	100
Parity
Primiparous	29	31.0	69.0	100	18	33.3	66.7	100	15	73.3	26.7	100
Multiparous	68	38.2	61.8	100	55	58.2	41.8	100	56	66.1	33.9	100
Education
HS or less	20	40.0	60.0	100	11	63.6	36.4	100	11	90.9	9.1	100
Some college	34	38.2	61.8	100	23	56.5	43.5	100	20	65.0	35.0	100
College graduate	34	32.4	67.6	100	35	45.7	54.3	100	37	70.3	29.7	100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185%	51	41.2	58.8	100	29	65.5	34.5	100	30	60.0	40.0	100
185- < 350%	27	29.6	70.4	100	21	42.9	57.1	100	24	66.7	33.3	100
>=350%	21	33.3	66.7	100	24	41.7	58.3	100	20	80.0	20.0	100
WIC Participant
No	47	36.2	63.8	100	48	45.8	54.2	100	48	66.7	33.3	100
Yes	52	36.5	63.5	100	26	61.5	38.5	100	26	69.2	30.8	100
Race
White	86	36.0	64.0	100	61	52.5	47.5	100	57	70.2	29.8	100
Black	5	40.0	60.0	100	3	100.0	0.0	100	3	66.7	33.3	100
Hispanic	3	0.0	100.0	100	4	25.0	75.0	100	8	50.0	50.0	100
Region
Northeast	14	28.6	71.4	100	17	52.9	47.1	100	17	58.8	41.2	100
Midwest	27	40.7	59.3	100	21	42.9	57.1	100	19	68.4	31.6	100
South	45	35.6	64.4	100	21	57.1	42.9	100	20	80.0	20.0	100
West	13	38.5	61.5	100	15	53.3	46.7	100	18	61.1	38.9	100
¹Table is based on variables: M4C7, M9C9, MWC9