2023: Asthma Lifetime Population Estimates by Age (NHIS)

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National Health Interview Survey: Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates (in Thousands) by Age in the United States 2023

Technical information

For information regarding the NHIS background, questionnaire, and methods, please see NHIS Technical Information.

NHIS data

Lifetime Asthma1 Population Estimates—in Thousands2 by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2023

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

1 Lifetime asthma determined by persons who answered "yes" to the question: "Have you EVER been told by a doctor or other health professional that you had asthma?"

2 Multiply numbers by a thousand. All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherwise indicated. *Relative standard error of the estimate is 30%–50%; the estimate is unreliable. **Suppressed if relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50% or if standard error is missing or 0.

3 Numbers within selected characteristics may not sum to total due to rounding.

4 As a subset of Hispanic.

5 Missing responses imputed. See NHIS "Imputed Income Technical Document."

Compiled 12/05/2024

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