2017 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, 2017
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: 13.3 13.0 13.4 5.6 14.9 15.7 18.2 15.5 15.0 13.1 11.1
Male 12.6 15.1 11.8 8.3 16.5 16.3 21.0 15.6 14.8 10.2 9.6
Female 14.0 10.9 14.9 2.7 13.2 15.1 15.3 15.4 15.2 15.9 12.4
White Non-Hispanic: 13.6 12.3 13.9 4.7 13.9 17.3 18.4 17.7 17.0 13.4 11.2
Male 12.4 14.3 12.0 7.8 15.2 17.2 19.9 16.1 17.1 10.2 10.0
Female 14.7 10.2 15.7 1.5* 12.5 17.4 16.8 19.2 16.8 16.5 12.2
Black Non-Hispanic: 15.2 17.2 14.6 8.2 20.0 15.7 19.1 18.5 13.4 15.2 11.3
Male 14.7 19.6 12.8 10.7 21.8 16.5 26.2 21.0 10.8 12.7 5.7
Female 15.7 14.7 16.0 5.7* 18.2 15.0 13.0 15.7 15.7 17.2 15.2
Other Non-Hispanic: 11.8 13.2 11.3 6.3* 15.1 11.0 15.8 10.7 10.2 11.2 13.2
Male 11.5 16.3 9.5 11.0* 19.0 10.9 14.7 9.3* 11.1 8.0 12.2
Female 12.1 9.7 12.9 ** 10.7 11.1 16.8 12.2* 9.3 14.0 14.0
Hispanic: 12.0 12.3 11.8 5.8 14.0 13.7 18.2 10.2 12.9 11.5 9.0
Male 12.4 13.9 11.7 7.2* 15.3 16.3 22.6 13.5 12.9 9.6 7.8
Female 11.6 10.6 12.0 4.3* 12.7 11.0 12.9 7.3* 13.0 13.3 10.0
Puerto Rican:a 20.5 20.6 20.4 15.1* 21.4 17.6 25.8 ** 22.5 26.2 12.7
Male 20.7 21.1 20.6 ** 20.0* 22.0 34.1 ** ** 25.6 **
Female 20.3 20.2 20.3 18.5* 22.4* 13.9 12.6* ** 26.0 26.8 14.9*
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 10.6 10.0 10.9 3.1* 11.8 13.5 18.5 10.8 11.7 9.8 7.6
Male 11.0 11.6 10.7 5.4* 12.8 16.8 23.1 14.3* 13.0 7.7 3.1*
Female 10.2 8.3 11.1 ** 10.8 10.1 13.5 7.7* 10.2 11.9 11.1
Region:
Northeast 13.5 15.7 12.9 7.7 17.3 17.6 19.1 20.9 15.5 12.2 9.1
Midwest 13.8 13.1 14.0 5.1 14.5 16.9 20.8 14.9 16.1 14.0 10.9
South 12.5 12.7 12.5 5.1 15.2 13.7 16.8 13.1 12.5 12.3 11.9
West 14.0 11.5 14.8 5.5 13.0 17.1 17.4 16.2 17.4 14.4 11.9
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
0-0.99 17.3 15.5 18.0 10.4 16.2 18.6 23.0 18.4 15.1 19.8 13.2
1.00-2.49 13.2 13.1 13.2 5.4 15.0 15.2 19.4 14.4 13.5 13.1 11.6
2.50-4.49 12.6 12.7 12.6 4.6 14.5 14.6 15.1 12.6 15.2 12.7 10.6
4.50 and above 12.5 11.5 12.7 3.2* 14.0 16.3 16.1 17.8 16.0 11.8 10.6

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 03/18/2019
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.
aAs a subset of Hispanic.
bMissing responses imputed.

Asthma and Community Health Branch
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Page last reviewed: April 12, 2019
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