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According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, more than 50 million Americans have some kind of food allergy. Food allergies affect between 4 and 6% of children, and 4% of adults, according to the CDC. The most common food allergies include shellfish, peanuts, walnuts, fish, eggs, milk, and soy.
The senior population grows every year. Seniors older than 65 years of age now comprise more than 13% of the total population. However, women outlive men. In the 85-and-over age group, there are only 45 men to every 100 women.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.