2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

Table 2-2
Standard Errors for Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents by Age,
United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2002
	Total	Age <18	Age 18+	0 – 4	5 – 14	15 – 19	15 – 17	18 – 19	20 – 34	35 – 64	65 +
				Age
	All ages	Children	Adults			15 – 19

Total:	0.20	0.36	0.23	0.53	0.51	0.80	0.86	1.48	0.43	0.30	0.40
Male	0.26	0.48	0.31	0.81	0.71	1.17	1.30	2.29	0.64	0.36	0.57
Female	0.26	0.47	0.30	0.73	0.65	1.18	1.08	2.36	0.56	0.42	0.53

White Non-Hispanic:	0.24	0.46	0.27	0.63	0.64	1.13	1.12	2.17	0.54	0.33	0.45
Male	0.32	0.61	0.37	0.89	0.90	1.61	1.75	3.05	0.85	0.42	0.65
Female	0.32	0.63	0.35	0.88	0.89	1.61	1.38	3.42	0.70	0.49	0.60

Black Non-Hispanic:	0.58	1.12	0.71	1.77	1.61	1.99	2.13	4.22	1.12	0.95	1.38
Male	0.85	1.56	1.02	2.64	2.41	3.15	3.07	7.39	1.70	1.29	1.75
Female	0.73	1.32	0.85	2.53	1.72	2.69	2.81	4.78	1.51	1.15	1.87

Other races Non-Hispanic:	0.90	1.44	1.05	2.65	2.01	2.66	3.84	2.79	2.00	1.43	2.31
Male	1.26	2.30	1.42	3.94	3.12	4.23	6.63	2.80	2.66	1.90	3.70
Female	1.12	1.67	1.45	3.19	2.43	3.34	4.28	5.10	2.69	1.81	3.07

Hispanic:	0.38	0.59	0.44	1.06	0.83	1.25	1.54	2.01	0.64	0.67	1.32
Male	0.53	0.89	0.64	1.60	1.32	1.59	2.33	2.74	0.94	1.01	1.95
Female	0.46	0.73	0.54	1.31	1.07	1.83	2.04	2.90	0.89	0.81	1.72

Puerto Rican:	1.76	3.03	1.89	4.20	4.87	6.03	7.46	10.94	3.29	2.73	5.73
Male	2.62	3.57	3.27	5.76	6.19	7.07	9.87	14.28	4.91	4.61	5.99
Female	2.43	4.77	2.31	5.37	6.79	8.90	10.74	16.00	4.15	3.05	8.52

Mexican/Mexican-American:	0.41	0.60	0.51	1.20	0.78	1.38	1.39	2.50	0.65	0.84	1.18
Male	0.54	0.88	0.71	1.60	1.19	1.75	2.36	2.60	0.98	1.22	1.19
Female	0.51	0.79	0.66	1.63	1.14	2.01	1.62	4.12	0.83	1.06	1.86


Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:
0 – .99	0.67	1.11	0.78	1.73	1.53	1.83	2.50	2.70	1.22	1.34	1.17
1.00 – 2.49	0.40	0.67	0.49	1.12	0.91	1.78	1.82	3.54	0.90	0.75	0.84
2.50 – 4.49	0.36	0.68	0.44	0.83	1.04	1.79	1.88	3.93	0.83	0.55	0.90
4.50 and above	0.36	0.79	0.39	1.12	1.11	1.95	1.92	4.21	1.00	0.46	1.08

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC compiled 7/06/2004

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