2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 4-2
Standard Errors* for Current Asthma Prevalence Percents
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2005

							Age
				All ages	Children	Adults			15 - 34
				Total	Age <18	Age 18+	0 - 4	5 - 14	15 - 34	15 - 19	20 - 24	25 - 34	35 - 64	65 +
Total:				0.15	0.31	0.18	0.52	0.43	0.31	0.76	0.64	0.36	0.23	0.37
Male				0.21	0.43	0.24	0.83	0.64	0.39	0.97	0.88	0.49	0.31	0.54
Female				0.21	0.42	0.25	0.64	0.55	0.48	1.17	1.01	0.57	0.34	0.53
White Non-Hispanic:				0.19	0.38	0.22	0.51	0.56	0.42	1.00	0.88	0.53	0.28	0.43
Male				0.26	0.53	0.30	0.82	0.76	0.56	1.37	1.18	0.71	0.37	0.61
Female				0.27	0.54	0.31	0.72	0.73	0.63	1.45	1.32	0.81	0.40	0.61
Black Non-Hispanic:				0.46	0.92	0.47	1.86	1.13	0.89	2.20	1.84	0.84	0.60	1.20
Male				0.64	1.38	0.64	3.11	1.70	1.25	2.78	2.26	1.24	0.77	1.59
Female				0.60	1.19	0.73	2.27	1.63	1.22	3.03	3.18	1.22	0.94	1.62
Other Races Non-Hispanic:				0.71	1.29	0.82	2.42	1.98	1.29	2.84	3.00	1.56	0.93	2.05
Male				0.99	1.92	1.15	4.01	2.64	1.17	1.65	3.95	1.21	1.37	3.15
Female				1.14	1.92	1.29	2.80	2.98	2.39	5.79	4.45	3.01	1.31	2.92
Hispanic:				0.30	0.61	0.35	1.04	0.81	0.47	1.13	1.11	0.54	0.50	1.26
Male				0.40	0.90	0.38	1.51	1.28	0.53	1.37	1.25	0.66	0.53	2.05
Female				0.48	0.82	0.59	1.49	0.93	0.89	2.16	1.86	0.92	0.85	1.42
Puerto Rican:				1.37	3.08	1.67	3.62	4.32	2.35	4.67	5.48	3.55	2.95	3.81
Male				2.45	4.74	2.76	5.25	6.74	4.06	7.94	5.80	6.17	3.83	6.35
Female				1.91	2.99	2.41	4.96	4.99	3.26	5.17	8.11	4.49	4.40	4.15
Mexican/Mexican-American:				0.36	0.72	0.42	1.25	1.01	0.61	1.21	1.44	0.60	0.45	1.90
Male				0.49	0.99	0.47	1.80	1.51	0.62	1.13	1.72	0.57	0.51	3.40
Female				0.55	1.05	0.64	1.84	1.22	1.12	2.68	2.37	1.10	0.76	2.07
Region:
Northeast				0.36	0.70	0.45	1.32	1.00	0.80	1.98	2.21	0.96	0.57	0.70
Midwest				0.31	0.64	0.34	0.93	0.97	0.65	1.73	1.18	0.81	0.43	0.79
South				0.22	0.54	0.28	0.94	0.74	0.50	1.19	0.88	0.56	0.38	0.60
West				0.38	0.63	0.41	0.94	0.79	0.66	1.30	1.39	0.74	0.56	0.95
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:
0 - 0.99				0.48	0.73	0.58	1.35	0.96	0.83	2.05	1.40	0.84	0.92	1.24
1.00 - 2.49				0.28	0.59	0.32	1.03	0.78	0.59	1.50	1.10	0.73	0.50	0.63
2.50 - 4.49				0.32	0.67	0.34	0.98	0.91	0.67	1.46	1.57	0.90	0.46	0.66
4.50 and above				0.27	0.59	0.30	0.71	0.88	0.62	1.39	2.01	0.58	0.35	0.89

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC   compiled 5/22/2007

* See the "Methods" Section of the documentation found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.

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