2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 2-1
Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents
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: 12.9 14.0 12.6 8.3 15.6 15.6 17.6 16.3 14.2 11.8 10.4
    Male 12.1 15.3 11.0 8.5 17.7 15.7 17.7 18.1 13.5 9.3 8.0
    Female 13.8 12.8 14.1 8.0 13.5 15.5 17.6 14.5 15.0 14.2 12.2
White Non-Hispanic: 12.6 12.3 12.7 6.6 13.1 16.1 17.5 16.6 15.2 12.1 10.2
    Male 11.7 13.5 11.2 7.0 15.2 16.3 17.7 18.3 14.6 9.7 8.2
    Female 13.6 11.1 14.2 6.1 10.8 15.9 17.2 14.8 15.9 14.6 11.8
Black Non-Hispanic: 16.7 20.7 15.1 14.0 23.4 20.0 23.1 20.2 17.9 12.6 13.5
    Male 16.5 23.2 13.5 14.7 25.9 21.1 24.7 22.6 18.0 10.1 9.0
    Female 16.9 18.2 16.4 13.3 20.9 18.9 21.6 18.0 17.7 14.7 16.4
Other Non-Hispanic: 12.6 14.3 11.9 9.0 16.6 13.9 17.3 17.1 10.9 11.1 10.6
    Male 11.9 16.3 10.0 9.2 20.5 13.8 17.6 22.6 8.0 8.0 8.9
    Female 13.2 12.2 13.6 8.9 12.8 14.0 17.1 12.3 13.5 14.0 12.0
Hispanic: 11.5 14.0 10.2 8.3 16.7 11.8 14.3 12.4 10.2 9.7 8.8
    Male 10.7 14.4 8.7 8.1 17.7 11.5 13.0 13.1 9.8 7.5 4.8*
    Female 12.4 13.6 11.7 8.5 15.6 12.2 15.7 11.6 10.7 12.0 11.9
    Puerto Rican:a 22.9 30.0 19.4 26.3 31.3 22.8 24.1 13.3* 25.6 18.9 17.8*
        Male 20.2 26.8 17.1 19.2* 27.0 27.0 25.6* ** 30.3 12.1 **
        Female 25.5 32.9 21.7 33.3* 35.2 18.4 22.7* ** 19.9 24.8 22.6
    Mexican/Mexican-American:a 9.9 12.2 8.5 6.0 15.5 9.9 12.5 11.7 7.7 8.0 6.7
        Male 9.8 12.8 8.1 6.2 16.6 10.1 10.8 12.1 8.7 7.5 **
        Female 9.9 11.5 8.9 5.9 14.3 9.7 14.5 11.1 6.4 8.6 10.6
Region:
    Northeast 12.8 15.8 12.0 11.5 15.3 17.8 23.0 14.8 16.9 10.2 10.1
    Midwest 12.0 12.4 11.9 6.2 14.5 15.1 15.6 15.8 14.5 10.7 10.0
    South 13.3 15.0 12.7 9.6 16.6 15.0 17.4 15.9 13.2 12.7 10.3
    West 13.4 13.0 13.5 6.4 15.4 15.6 16.8 18.2 13.6 13.0 11.1
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 16.2 17.1 15.8 13.4 19.0 17.4 18.5 17.6 16.2 15.0 13.8
    1.00-2.49 13.4 14.5 13.0 7.2 16.8 14.9 16.3 15.7 13.8 13.2 10.7
    2.50-4.49 12.1 13.2 11.8 6.9 14.3 14.9 18.0 14.9 13.7 10.8 10.5
    4.50 and above 11.4 11.1 11.4 3.9 11.9 15.7 18.1 17.2 14.1 10.8 8.6

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%.

a As a subset of Hispanic.

b Missing responses imputed.

 

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