| Table 2-1 |
| Lifetime Asthma
Prevalence Percents |
| by Age, United
States: National Health Interview Survey, 2001 |
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
Age |
| All ages |
Children |
Adults |
|
|
15 - 19 |
|
|
|
| Total |
Age <18 |
Age 18+ |
0 - 4 |
5 - 14 |
15 - 19 |
15 - 17 |
18 - 19 |
20 - 34 |
35 - 64 |
65 + |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total: |
11.4
|
12.7
|
10.9
|
7.9
|
14.1
|
15.4
|
15.5
|
15.2
|
12.5
|
10.4
|
8.7
|
| Male |
10.8
|
14.5
|
9.4
|
9.7
|
16.3
|
16.5
|
16.8
|
16.1
|
11.3
|
8.2
|
8.1
|
| Female |
11.9
|
10.7
|
12.3
|
6.0
|
11.9
|
14.1
|
14.1
|
14.2
|
13.7
|
12.5
|
9.2
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White
Non-Hispanic: |
11.5
|
12.2
|
11.3
|
6.7
|
13.9
|
15.4
|
15.3
|
15.6
|
13.7
|
10.9
|
8.6
|
| Male |
10.9
|
14.2
|
9.9
|
8.9
|
15.9
|
17.3
|
16.8
|
18.2
|
12.1
|
8.9
|
7.7
|
| Female |
12.1
|
10.2
|
12.7
|
4.4
|
11.9
|
13.4
|
13.7
|
12.9
|
15.2
|
12.8
|
9.3
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Black
Non-Hispanic: |
12.5
|
15.9
|
11.0
|
13.4
|
16.4
|
17.3
|
17.8
|
16.4
|
12.7
|
9.6
|
10.0
|
| Male |
11.9
|
17.4
|
8.9
|
13.7
|
18.8
|
14.8
|
18.3
|
10.0*
|
12.2
|
6.6
|
10.0
|
| Female |
13.1
|
14.3
|
12.7
|
13.1
|
13.9
|
19.9
|
17.4
|
23.9
|
13.1
|
12.1
|
10.1
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other races
Non-Hispanic: |
10.2
|
13.5
|
8.9
|
8.4
|
14.9
|
18.3
|
17.4*
|
19.4*
|
9.6
|
7.5
|
8.6*
|
| Male |
11.5
|
18.0
|
9.0
|
13.3*
|
19.4
|
22.4*
|
21.9*
|
22.9*
|
13.0
|
4.4
|
**
|
| Female |
8.9
|
8.9
|
8.9
|
**
|
10.8*
|
13.4*
|
**
|
**
|
6.0
|
10.7
|
8.1*
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hispanic: |
9.5
|
11.2
|
8.5
|
7.5
|
12.7
|
12.2
|
13.4
|
10.3*
|
8.2
|
8.6
|
8.8
|
| Male |
8.8
|
12.4
|
6.7
|
8.1
|
14.6
|
12.3
|
13.6
|
**
|
6.5
|
5.9
|
10.3
|
| Female |
10.2
|
9.8
|
10.3
|
6.8
|
10.7
|
12.1
|
13.2
|
10.4*
|
10.0
|
11.2
|
7.6
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Puerto Rican:ª |
23.5
|
27.1
|
21.8
|
16.4
|
29.3
|
34.1
|
39.8
|
25.9*
|
24.5
|
19.9
|
19.5*
|
| Male |
22.9
|
30.8
|
18.4
|
18.9*
|
34.8
|
31.2*
|
35.2*
|
**
|
18.1
|
17.3
|
**
|
| Female |
24.2
|
23.0
|
24.7
|
14.2*
|
22.3
|
36.9
|
44.8
|
**
|
30.7
|
22.2
|
17.7*
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mexican/Mexican-American:ª |
6.6
|
8.4
|
5.4
|
6.4
|
9.5
|
7.4
|
8.9
|
5.1*
|
5.1
|
5.7
|
6.1
|
| Male |
6.3
|
10.0
|
3.9
|
6.9
|
11.6
|
7.6
|
11.3
|
**
|
4.3
|
3.7
|
**
|
| Female |
6.9
|
6.7
|
7.0
|
5.8
|
7.5
|
7.2*
|
5.9*
|
**
|
6.0
|
7.8
|
6.9
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Residence - MSA Size: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 ,000,000 or more
|
11.0
|
12.8
|
10.4
|
8.6
|
14.2
|
15.6
|
15.0
|
16.6
|
11.0
|
10.0
|
9.1
|
| 2,500,000 - 4,999,999 |
11.7
|
13.2
|
11.1
|
9.6
|
13.5
|
16.8
|
18.5
|
14.4*
|
13.1
|
10.2
|
9.0
|
| 1,000,000 - 2,499,999 |
11.3
|
12.3
|
10.9
|
7.4
|
13.8
|
17.5
|
15.8
|
20.1
|
12.0
|
10.7
|
7.3
|
| 500,000 - 999,999 |
11.7
|
12.9
|
11.3
|
6.4
|
14.0
|
15.6
|
19.7
|
8.4*
|
13.6
|
11.4
|
8.0
|
| 250,000 - 499,999 |
10.8
|
13.0
|
10.1
|
8.5
|
14.0
|
13.2
|
17.2
|
7.8*
|
11.4
|
9.8
|
9.5
|
| Under 250,000 |
11.5
|
11.3
|
11.6
|
6.4
|
14.8
|
14.3
|
8.6
|
22.4
|
13.9
|
10.0
|
10.1
|
| Non-MSA |
11.4
|
12.9
|
10.9
|
8.1
|
14.8
|
13.8
|
13.4
|
14.3
|
12.8
|
10.3
|
9.4
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ratio of Family
Income to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Poverty Threshold: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 0 - 0.99 |
15.4
|
15.8
|
15.2
|
13.5
|
15.4
|
19.9
|
22.6
|
17.7
|
15.8
|
15.0
|
12.4
|
| 1.00 - 2.49 |
12.3
|
13.2
|
11.9
|
10.1
|
14.3
|
14.7
|
14.4
|
15.1
|
13.0
|
11.7
|
10.1
|
| 2.50 - 4.49 |
11.3
|
11.3
|
11.3
|
5.2
|
13.8
|
12.4
|
12.1
|
13.0
|
12.8
|
10.8
|
9.3
|
| 4.50 and above |
10.4
|
12.9
|
9.8
|
5.0
|
14.9
|
16.8
|
18.4
|
13.5
|
10.9
|
9.6
|
7.2
|
| |
|
|
| Source: National
Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics,
CDC |
Compiled 7/9/2004 |
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|
| ªa subset of Hispanic |
|
| 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%. |
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| Air Pollution and
Respiratory Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health |
| Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention |