Table 1

Prevalence's of self reported hypersensitivity of various demographic groups


group
number
EHS in % (number)
95% CI (%)


all
526
3.5 (16)
1.9–5.1

gender
male
259
3.6 (8)
1.3–5.9

female
267
3.3 (8)
1.2–5.4

age
15 to 30 years
123
1.0 (1)
0.0–2.8

31 to 45 years
161
6.3 (9)
2.5–10.1

46–60 years
119
3.4 (4)
0.1–6.7

> 61 years
123
1.9 (2)
0.0–4.3

education
comprehensive school
60
5.0 (3)
0.0–10.5

apprendiceship
206
1.0 (2)
0.0–2.4

high school
147
3.4 (5)
0.5–6.3

university
50
12.0 (6)
3.0–21.0

missing
63
-
-

place of residence
city
163
3.7 (6)
0.8–6.6

suburb
178
2.8 (5)
0.4–5.2

countryside
122
4.1 (5)
0.6–7.6

missing
63
-
-

(Numbers of persons are given in brackets).

Schröttner and Leitgeb BMC Public Health 2008 8:310   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-310