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Table 6-1
Asthma Attack Prevalence Percents among those with Current Asthma
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2013
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: 49.9 57.9 47.0 66.5 59.7 44.1 41.3 40.7 47.9 52.0 36.5
    Male 46.8 57.2 40.7 62.9 60.8 38.1 37.3 30.5 43.3 44.2 35.6
    Female 52.2 58.9 50.5 72.7 58.2 48.7 45.9 47.2 50.9 56.1 37.0
White Non-Hispanic: 50.4 61.2 47.7 63.1 65.2 45.0 47.1 37.0 48.1 52.5 36.9
    Male 46.5 60.5 41.1 61.6 66.4 37.6 41.1 23.1* 42.4 44.5 35.4
    Female 52.9 62.2 51.3 66.2 63.8 49.8 52.6 44.5 51.4 57.0 37.7
Black Non-Hispanic: 49.5 53.6 47.1 65.4 53.9 44.7 38.6 50.4 46.1 50.5 38.0
    Male 50.7 54.1 47.8 71.7 53.9 39.6 34.1 56.7 28.8* 54.4 46.7
    Female 48.4 53.0 46.7 53.9 53.8 50.1 50.0 43.9* 53.6 48.6 33.2
Other Non-Hispanic: 52.3 54.8 50.7 69.0 50.5 45.8 45.1 37.0* 54.4 62.5 37.8
    Male 45.6 53.5 36.5 57.0* 50.6 40.5 59.5 ** 52.4* 46.5 **
    Female 58.3 57.3 58.6 88.0 50.3 51.7 28.8* 83.5 55.9 70.4 40.9
Hispanic: 47.4 56.3 41.0 74.4 57.2 39.5 26.2 44.6 46.5 45.2 29.7
    Male 43.8 55.1 31.6 52.3 60.1 36.9 18.9* 31.6* 50.1 22.6 25.2*
    Female 50.3 57.9 46.6 95.7 52.6 41.8 32.7* 49.6 42.4 53.8 33.2*
    Puerto Rican:a 49.2 59.9 42.1 83.4 60.9 35.9* ** 63.5* 39.6* 50.8 29.2*
        Male 40.2 58.9 27.1* ** 58.1 36.2* 76.1 ** 34.9* ** **
        Female 56.7 60.8 54.1 100.0 65.0 35.5* ** 84.6 100.0 65.9 **
    Mexican/Mexican-American:a 40.9 53.0 31.9 54.4 54.7 29.3 21.7* ** 45.4 41.4 **
        Male 41.6 53.1 27.0 44.4* 58.1 37.1 18.3* ** 74.0 ** **
        Female 40.4 52.8 34.5 78.6 50.4 22.5* ** ** 21.4* 48.0 **
Region:
    Northeast 52.3 62.2 49.2 73.6 65.4 43.1 40.0 45.5* 44.1 55.7 38.4
    Midwest 43.3 47.8 41.8 66.6 48.1 38.9 41.6 25.6 44.6 48.6 24.1
    South 52.7 62.5 48.1 65.7 63.4 47.1 45.2 40.6 51.7 51.5 41.8
    West 50.3 55.0 48.8 61.1 56.9 47.3 36.6 52.3 49.6 52.4 37.1
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
    0.0-0.99 56.0 59.4 54.0 65.2 59.4 45.4 35.6 50.4 50.9 61.3 51.9
    1.00-2.49 50.1 55.2 48.0 62.7 57.1 43.5 46.5 31.9 48.7 57.1 36.2
    2.50-4.49 47.6 55.4 45.1 75.7 56.2 46.0 39.6 38.8 53.3 49.1 31.4
    4.50 and above 46.4 63.4 42.8 66.7 70.8 41.8 43.0 42.8* 40.9 45.5 32.7

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 9/30/2014

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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