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Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousandsby Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2018

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Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousands
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2018
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: 41,935 8,535 33,401 963 5,435 13,920 4,006 3,633 6,282 15,607 6,010
   Male 18,627 4,880 13,747 654 3,144 6,619 1,897 1,787 2,935 6,217 1,994
   Female 23,309 3,655 19,654 309 2,291 7,302 2,109 1,846 3,346 9,390 4,016
White Non-Hispanic: 25,143 3,526 21,617 314 2,166 7,814 1,984 1,980 3,849 10,531 4,318
   Male 10,884 2,009 8,875 229 1,260 3,605 889 885 1,831 4,331 1,459
   Female 14,259 1,517 12,742 85* 906 4,208 1,096 1,095 2,018 6,200 2,859
Black Non-Hispanic: 6,038 1,758 4,280 218 1,223 1,983 565 513 906 1,958 656
   Male 2,799 1,041 1,758 166* 739 991 294 326* 370 701 201
   Female 3,239 716 2,522 51* 483 992 270 186* 536 1,257 454
Other Non-Hispanic: 3,810 930 2,880 94* 548 1,593 588 424 580 1,125 450
    Male 1,732 583 1,149 59* 360 748 288 200 261 413 151*
    Female 2,078 347 1,731 ** 188 844 301 224* 320 712 299
Hispanic: 6,945 2,321 4,624 337 1,499 2,531 869 716 946 1,992 586
    Male 3,212 1,247 1,965 199 784 1,274 426 375 473 772 183
    Female 3,733 1,074 2,659 138* 714 1,257 442 341 473 1,221 404
 Puerto Rican:a 1,235 351 884 ** 199 443 148* 143* 151* 433 130*
    Male 619 211* 407 ** 103 273* 115* ** 101* 207* **
    Female 616 139* 477 ** 96* 170* ** ** 50* 226 103*
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 3,501 1,387 2,114 179* 901 1,368 546 381 441 841 213
    Male 1,545 736 809 151* 454 571 219 203* 149* 311 59*
    Female 1,956 651 1,305 ** 447 797 327 178* 292 530 154
Region:
    Northeast 7,753 1,499 6,255 196 965 2,426 727 501 1,197 2,970 1,196
    Midwest 8,902 1,634 7,267 177 1,039 3,213 843 1,092 1,278 3,262 1,211
    South 15,038 3,570 11,468 394 2,323 4,636 1,406 1,074 2,157 5,551 2,133
    West 10,242 1,832 8,410 196 1,108 3,645 1,029 966 1,650 3,824 1,470
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 6,575 1,927 4,648 332 1,221 2,264 760 710 793 2,015 744
    1.00-2.49 11,567 2,930 8,636 245 1,990 3,902 1,285 1,052 1,565 3,554 1,876
    2.50-4.49 10,534 1,943 8,591 220 1,256 3,509 918 843 1,748 3,947 1,603
    4.50 and above 13,259 1,734 11,525 166 969 4,246 1,043 1,028 2,176 6,091 1,787

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 12/2/2019
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.
†Numbers within selected characteristics may not sum to total due to rounding.
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: December 17, 2019
Content source: National Center for Environmental Health