Table 2

Prevalence of reported current rhinoconjunctivitis symptoms, treatment for rhinitis symptoms, and lifetime hay fever in 12–14 year olds across the UK

	n	% With rhinoconjunctivitis in the past 12 months	% Pupils with seasonal (Mar–Sept) rhinoconjunctivitis in the past 12 months	% Pupils using treatments for a runny/blocked nose or hay fever in the past 12 months	% Pupils reporting ever having hay fever
UK	27507	18.2	6.2	30.1	34.9
Country		^***		^**	^***
England	20712	17.8	6.2	30.6	35.6
Wales	2351	18.5	5.9	29.2	32.6
Scotland	4444	20.3	6.5	28.1	33.2
Area			^**		^**
Metropolitan	9902	18.5	5.7	30.7	34.0
Non-metropolitan	17605	18.1	6.5	29.7	35.5
Quadrant of England and Wales				^***	^***
South west	5901	18.1	5.9	30.2	34.8
South east	7482	17.0	6.2	32.7	37.6
North east	5719	18.3	6.6	28.1	33.9
North west	3961	18.5	6.0	30.0	33.6
NHS Region (1993)		^**		^***	^***
South west	2707	16.8	6.3	30.3	36.0
South Thames	2297	16.6	6.2	32.1	38.4
North Thames	2220	15.9	5.3	33.4	36.0
East Anglia and Oxford	2324	18.2	6.8	33.0	38.6
West Midlands	2219	19.0	5.9	30.7	35.9
Trent	2207	16.4	6.6	29.6	35.5
North west	3029	18.5	5.7	30.4	33.2
North east and Yorkshire	3709	19.4	6.6	27.3	33.1
% Missing		1.5	1.6	2.5	3.0