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Table 4-2
Standard Errors† for Current Asthma Prevalence Percents
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2007
  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: 0.20 0.37 0.22 0.62 0.51 0.46 0.87 0.84 0.69 0.27 0.49
    Male 0.25 0.47 0.29 0.88 0.64 0.55 1.15 1.15 0.76 0.35 0.64
    Female 0.28 0.60 0.30 0.85 0.82 0.65 1.36 1.10 0.91 0.40 0.67
                       
White Non-Hispanic: 0.26 0.49 0.29 0.77 0.70 0.70 1.19 1.15 1.10 0.36 0.57
    Male 0.33 0.59 0.39 1.03 0.77 0.82 1.59 1.65 1.18 0.46 0.73
    Female 0.38 0.86 0.40 1.17 1.22 0.95 1.92 1.55 1.38 0.52 0.79
                       
Black Non-Hispanic: 0.58 1.11 0.57 2.28 1.34 1.05 2.13 1.87 1.25 0.63 1.32
    Male 0.72 1.50 0.74 3.23 1.91 1.50 2.85 2.17 1.99 0.80 1.63
    Female 0.74 1.64 0.71 2.97 1.95 1.33 3.03 2.51 1.61 0.84 1.63
                       
Other Non-Hispanic: 0.61 1.23 0.68 2.15 1.68 1.19 3.09 2.72 1.64 0.79 1.34
    Male 0.86 1.78 0.91 2.97 2.71 1.87 4.71 4.18 2.49 0.90 2.68
    Female 0.86 1.86 0.91 3.09 2.26 1.48 4.30 3.58 1.42 1.28 1.51
                       
Hispanic: 0.37 0.71 0.39 0.98 1.14 0.61 1.37 1.72 0.65 0.61 1.45
    Male 0.54 1.06 0.51 1.47 1.71 0.83 2.00 1.92 0.84 0.62 2.04
    Female 0.52 0.97 0.61 1.28 1.48 0.81 1.88 2.02 1.00 0.99 2.31
                       
    Puerto Rican:a 1.45 1.97 2.01 4.74 2.67 2.56 3.84 6.12 3.23 2.83 3.58
        Male 1.52 2.78 1.92 6.30 5.24 2.03 5.18 2.17 2.74 3.03 8.78
        Female 2.56 2.85 3.33 7.24 2.93 4.84 5.07 12.29 6.44 4.35 6.66
                       
    Mexican/Mexican-American:a 0.44 0.80 0.45 1.18 1.31 0.76 1.83 2.27 0.68 0.76 1.26
        Male 0.59 1.08 0.57 1.81 1.69 1.03 2.70 2.60 0.77 0.55 1.18
        Female 0.67 1.28 0.79 1.44 2.01 1.01 2.48 2.20 1.24 1.48 1.92
                       
Region:                      
    Northeast 0.47 0.93 0.53 1.69 1.43 1.22 2.29 2.19 1.41 0.68 0.81
    Midwest 0.42 0.94 0.49 1.30 1.17 1.23 2.40 2.11 2.10 0.57 1.09
    South 0.31 0.53 0.35 1.12 0.73 0.62 1.05 1.14 0.86 0.41 0.75
    West 0.40 0.65 0.45 0.91 0.96 0.75 1.49 1.68 0.95 0.62 1.25
                       
Ratio of Family Income to                      
Poverty Threshold:b                      
    0-.99 0.57 0.95 0.63 1.57 1.41 0.85 1.65 1.39 1.11 1.07 1.68
    1.00-2.49 0.41 0.81 0.43 1.12 1.16 0.83 2.02 1.38 1.24 0.62 0.69
    2.50-4.49 0.37 0.65 0.43 1.33 0.95 0.86 1.68 1.66 1.28 0.51 0.92
    4.50 and above 0.31 0.74 0.35 1.07 1.03 0.82 1.76 2.16 0.92 0.42 0.85

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC,   Compiled 9/19/2008

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

a As a subset of Hispanic.

b Missing responses imputed.


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