2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 4-1
Current Asthma Prevalence Percents by Age,
United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2009
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: 8.2 9.6 7.7 6.3 11.2 7.8 9.0 8.4 6.8 7.9 7.7
    Male 7.0 11.3 5.5 7.9 13.4 6.2 8.3 7.0 4.7 5.3 6.5
    Female 9.3 7.9 9.7 4.6 9.0 9.3 9.6 9.8 8.9 10.4 8.6
White Non-Hispanic: 8.1 8.5 8.1 4.6 9.5 8.8 9.5 9.2 8.1 8.0 7.7
    Male 6.8 10.2 5.8 6.5 11.6 7.0 8.6 8.1 5.5 5.4 6.7
    Female 9.5 6.7 10.1 2.7* 7.3 10.6 10.4 10.4 10.8 10.6 8.5
Black Non-Hispanic: 11.1 17.0 8.7 13.5 20.0 9.0 12.8 9.5 6.5 9.6 7.1
    Male 10.1 18.4 6.4 11.8 24.4 7.0 11.5 5.1 4.6 7.1 4.8
    Female 11.9 15.6 10.6 15.3 15.6 10.7 14.4 12.7 8.0 11.6 8.5
Other Non-Hispanic: 7.5 9.6 6.6 6.1 12.2 6.4 7.1 8.9* 4.9 6.5 7.8*
    Male 6.8 12.6 4.2 9.9* 14.9 6.0 6.2* 7.0* 5.3* 3.4 4.4*
    Female 8.2 6.4 8.9 1.8* 9.1 6.9 7.9* 10.5* 4.4 9.6 10.5*
Hispanic: 6.3 7.7 5.5 5.7 9.7 4.3 4.9 4.5 3.9 6.2 7.9
    Male 5.8 9.1 4.1 8.1 10.7 3.6 5.3 4.4* 2.6* 4.3 7.3*
    Female 6.8 6.3 7.0 3.2 8.7 5.0 4.6 4.5 5.5 8.3 8.4
    Puerto Rican:a 16.7 15.7 17.2 15.8* 17.4 9.7 11.3* 6.4* 10.6* 24.2 13.2*
        Male 14.1 21.0 10.1* 22.0* 23.8 5.5* 10.0* ** ** 15.4* **
        Female 18.8 10.7 22.6 ** 12.0* 12.8 12.3* ** 20.6 31.1 19.0*
    Mexican/Mexican-American:a 5.1 6.6 4.2 4.6 8.2 3.5 5.2 3.9 2.6 4.5 7.9
        Male 4.6 7.7 2.9 7.1* 8.5 2.6 6.2* 3.2* ** 2.8 9.1*
        Female 5.6 5.4 5.7 2.0* 8.0 4.6 4.1* 4.7* 4.8 6.5 6.7*
Region:
    Northeast 9.3 11.1 8.7 6.6 12.8 9.9 11.8 10.6 8.4 8.6 8.3
    Midwest 8.8 10.9 8.1 8.0 11.8 10.1 11.4 9.5 9.7 7.8 6.5
    South 7.5 9.8 6.8 7.1 11.5 6.4 7.2 7.6 5.4 7.2 7.0
    West 7.7 7.1 7.9 3.4 9.2 6.1 6.5 7.2 5.2 8.5 9.8
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
    0-.99 11.6 13.5 10.6 11.4 15.4 8.9 8.3 8.6 9.5 12.7 9.8
    1.00-2.49 8.4 8.7 8.3 4.6 10.2 8.7 9.7 8.8 7.9 8.7 7.6
    2.50-4.49 7.5 8.0 7.3 4.5 9.5 6.3 7.9 6.9 5.2 7.9 8.3
    4.50 and above 6.9 9.1 6.4 5.0 10.5 7.5 9.6 9.4 6.1 6.2 6.4

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC    1/3/2012

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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