2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 1-1
Table Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousands
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2011
				Age (years)
						15-34
Characteristic†	All ages Total	Children Age <18	Adults Age 18+	0 – 4	5 – 14	15 – 34	15 – 19	20 – 24	25 – 34	35 – 64	65+
Total:	39,504	10,463	29,041	1,753	6,389	13,057	3,698	3,452	5,907	14,195	4,111
Male	18,103	5,821	12,282	923	3,697	6,624	1,900	1,928	2,795	5,456	1,403
Female	21,402	4,642	16,759	830	2,692	6,433	1,798	1,524	3,112	8,738	2,708

White Non-Hispanic:	24,845	4,993	19,852	711	2,942	7,972	2,094	2,101	3,777	10,029	3,190
Male	11,262	2,806	8,455	386	1,760	4,047	1,084	1,162	1,800	3,922	1,147
Female	13,583	2,186	11,397	326	1,182	3,926	1,010	938	1,977	6,107	2,043

Black Non-Hispanic:	6,123	2,119	4,003	408	1,303	2,228	722	574	932	1,732	452
Male	2,832	1,203	1,629	218	737	1,134	379	316	438	625	118
Female	3,291	917	2,374	190	566	1,094	343	258	493	1,108	333

Other Non-Hispanic:	2,755	900	1,855	172	568	906	274	262	371	893	215
Male	1,243	517	726	90	346	424	137	161	126	306	78
Female	1,511	383	1,129	82*	222	483	137	101	245	587	137

Hispanic:	5,782	2,452	3,330	461	1,576	1,951	607	516	828	1,540	254
Male	2,766	1,295	1,471	229	855	1,019	299	289	431	603	60*
Female	3,016	1,156	1,860	232	721	931	308	227	397	937	195

Puerto Rican:^a	1,055	455	600	114	260	316	104	34*	178	298	67*
Male	449	190	260	41*	107	193	53*	**	115*	89*	**
Female	605	265	340	73*	153	123	51*	**	63	209	47*

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	3,156	1,455	1,701	235	992	1,081	355	319	406	746	102
Male	1,657	796	861	125	553	596	167	177	251	371	**
Female	1,499	659	840	110	439	485	188	142*	155	375	90

Region:
Northeast	6,862	1,888	4,974	354	1,072	2,393	722	505	1,166	2,259	784
Midwest	8,530	2,190	6,340	323	1,369	2,990	840	793	1,357	2,968	880
South	14,544	4,088	10,456	750	2,447	4,433	1,286	1,180	1,967	5,452	1,461
West	9,568	2,298	7,271	327	1,500	3,241	850	974	1,417	3,515	985

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	7,980	2,897	5,082	794	1,641	2,971	894	1,056	1,021	2,053	520
1.00-2.49	11,755	3,472	8,283	479	2,273	3,869	1,023	1,094	1,751	3,654	1,481
2.50-4.49	9,596	2,315	7,280	331	1,403	3,239	887	746	1,606	3,441	1,182
4.50 and above	10,174	1,778	8,395	149	1,071	2,978	894	556	1,528	5,047	929

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (Compiled 1/5/2013)

All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherwise indicated.

^* Relative standard error of the estimate is 30%-50%; the estimate is unreliable.

^** Relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50%.

^† Numbers within selected characteristics may not sum to total due to rounding.

^a As a subset of Hispanic.

^b Missing responses imputed.

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