2001 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 3-1
Current Asthma Population Estimates, in thousands
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:				20,281	6,320	13,961	1,128	4,033	1,918	1,159	759	4,130	7,115	1,957
Male				8,580	3,679	4,901	680	2,408	962	591	371	1,548	2,276	706
Female				11,701	2,641	9,060	448	1,624	957	569	388	2,582	4,839	1,251
White Non-Hispanic:				14,603	3,947	10,656	579	2,599	1,302	769	533	2,995	5,535	1,593
Male				6,080	2,289	3,791	378	1,516	671	396	275	1,120	1,863	533
Female				8,523	1,658	6,865	201	1,084	631	373	258	1,875	3,672	1,059
Black Non-Hispanic:				2,883	1,214	1,669	297	734	295	183	111	574	791	192
Male				1,156	674	482	164	429	121	81	40*	178	204	60*
Female				1,727	540	1,187	133	304	173	102	71*	396	588	132
Other races Non-Hispanic:				787	290	497	51*	175	101*	**	37*	206	203	**
Male				481	231	250	39*	142	**	**	**	143*	59*	**
Female				306	59*	247	**	33*	39*	**	**	62*	144	**
Hispanic:				2,008	869	1,139	201	525	220	143	77*	355	586	121
Male				863	485	378	100	322	107*	63	**	106	151	76*
Female				1,145	384	761	101	203	113	80*	33*	248	435	44
Puerto Rican:ª				563	216	347	32*	156	53*	29*	**	116	163	43*
Male				248	128	121	**	104	21*	**	**	**	55*	**
Female				315	88	226	**	51*	32*	20*	**	90	108	15*
Mexican/Mexican-American:ª				830	424	407	121	237	84	66*	**	133	217	38*
Male				393	257	136	57	154	47*	47*	**	58	61*	**
Female				437	166	271	64*	83	37*	**	**	75	157	21*
Residence - MSA Size:
5,000,000 or more				1,788	537	1,251	132	297	179	108*	71*	356	646	179
2,500,000 - 4,999,999				2,275	745	1,530	148	448	228	149	79*	511	733	207
1,000,000 - 2,499,999				5,007	1,653	3,353	290	1,041	565	322	242	997	1,815	299
500,000 - 999,999				2,420	772	1,648	110	504	192	158	34*	476	904	235
250,000 - 499,999				2,613	826	1,786	152	515	192	159	**	532	942	279
Under 250,000				1,869	504	1,365	73	390	158*	41*	117*	440	592	216
Non-MSA				4,308	1,282	3,026	223	838	404	221	183	817	1,482	543
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:
0 - .99				2,762	1,023	1,739	270	564	361	190	171	577	744	246
1.00 - 2.49				4,563	1,543	3,020	358	950	363	234	129*	912	1,314	666
2.50 - 4.49				4,468	1,309	3,159	178	903	357	228	130*	1,025	1,678	326
4.50 and above				4,306	1,183	3,124	119	804	393	260	133*	741	2,070	180

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC compiled 7/09/2004

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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