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Standard Errors† for Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates: rounded by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2018

Table 1-2
Standard Errors† for Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates: rounded
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: 971,700 362,900 807,500 114,100 298,300 562,700 272,400 299,800 342,400 507,200 257,400
   Male 576,900 263,800 484,200 94,000 206,100 373,600 176,800 213,100 218,700 306,400 140,300
   Female 666,800 239,300 590,200 65,000 205,100 384,900 196,700 208,000 231,900 381,200 200,200
White Non-Hispanic: 703,800 209,800 620,600 58,700 166,000 379,700 182,200 221,500 258,400 410,200 214,100
   Male 436,300 155,900 387,800 51,100 121,900 253,000 115,500 146,100 163,800 254,700 118,700
   Female 482,800 135,200 439,900 29,200 109,100 268,400 139,800 159,600 183,200 295,000 170,000
Black Non-Hispanic: 390,200 182,400 297,600 56,100 159,800 200,900 91,700 119,200 126,300 182,200 82,100
   Male 243,600 141,500 186,600 53,200 124,400 153,500 73,400 103,800 85,400 101,600 38,700
   Female 249,900 111,800 212,300 20,100 103,100 125,800 57,100 59,700 85,700 151,000 68,900
Other Non-Hispanic: 310,400 105,400 268,900 32,900 81,800 201,000 110,900 95,500 115,100 129,500 74,400
    Male 167,700 83,100 139,300 24,900 65,100 116,500 69,900 56,500 71,600 79,600 49,100
    Female 232,100 67,900 214,500 22,400 49,600 155,200 85,600 69,800 91,200 105,600 54,200
Hispanic: 442,100 205,300 334,800 73,900 162,200 255,300 138,000 135,000 135,400 190,100 90,000
    Male 253,800 131,700 202,800 55,300 99,600 169,800 89,800 98,200 99,400 117,200 49,200
    Female 298,500 145,600 235,300 50,000 128,500 157,300 92,300 87,500 76,400 148,200 66,400
 Puerto Rican:a 177,300 82,000 140,300 15,900 53,300 98,100 60,600 53,900 54,200 89,600 39,600
    Male 129,500 63,500 103,500 6,300 29,900 80,800 57,900 29,600 43,600 69,100 17,100
    Female 103,700 47,600 91,300 14,600 43,200 51,900 18,400 45,900 21,500 57,500 35,700
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 322,000 165,900 227,200 57,800 137,000 183,900 109,400 95,900 93,800 124,700 55,400
    Male 175,100 96,800 132,500 50,400 73,800 102,400 56,700 72,100 52,100 75,600 27,300
    Female 224,100 122,800 166,600 28,300 112,600 128,600 82,500 64,800 62,300 96,400 41,600
Region:
    Northeast 408,600 157,100 335,800 48,400 136,800 215,400 120,700 96,100 145,100 232,200 103,600
    Midwest 353,400 156,000 307,500 44,900 132,800 212,100 126,900 165,000 120,500 195,300 100,200
    South 555,100 237,100 458,700 76,700 199,100 315,900 139,900 181,800 192,600 311,000 147,800
    West 586,600 162,700 484,100 52,800 113,900 354,200 154,800 142,800 211,200 261,700 153,700
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 356,100 189,100 267,800 79,100 152,000 205,000 124,600 107,800 103,800 153,800 83,700
    1.00-2.49 469,200 216,900 376,400 62,900 177,700 262,300 156,200 146,700 140,000 229,900 137,300
    2.50-4.49 446,800 159,200 382,400 56,900 132,500 257,800 137,000 139,100 173,700 253,000 147,400
    4.50 and above 542,600 137,000 496,100 45,500 102,000 328,800 138,600 203,700 201,000 324,600 134,900

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 12/2/2019
†See the Methods section of the documentation found at https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.
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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