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

Table 5-2
Standard Errors† for Asthma Attack Population Estimates among those with Current Asthma: 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: 450,300 195,300 373,100 86,500 160,900 228,200 123,700 120,100 132,800 268,600 146,500
   Male 251,100 163,000 185,800 77,600 133,800 112,700 61,000 49,400 74,300 136,100 71,400
   Female 345,200 118,700 320,400 39,200 94,100 202,600 109,900 110,100 108,300 220,000 118,100
White Non-Hispanic: 332,600 116,000 285,600 45,700 89,900 154,200 72,000 95,900 98,400 213,400 120,700
   Male 189,800 97,600 152,100 43,200 78,100 82,400 41,100 42,400 58,000 110,600 62,500
   Female 257,100 71,000 238,300 14,900 51,500 133,000 60,100 86,500 75,900 176,600 98,500
Black Non-Hispanic: 198,400 115,400 140,700 53,200 93,700 68,100 47,800 34,400 35,300 119,000 42,400
   Male 119,900 104,800 57,100 50,500 85,000 41,000 38,200 0 14,800 44,200 13,800
   Female 136,800 52,300 127,200 17,500 42,300 55,300 29,300 34,400 32,100 108,100 39,700
Other Non-Hispanic: 143,300 57,400 127,900 23,200 43,300 105,100 74,500 14,700 75,700 69,200 37,700
    Male 82,800 41,200 72,800 9,700 37,100 48,000 15,200 10,300 44,500 41,600 30,300
    Female 115,400 40,700 108,400 21,100 22,800 96,100 73,300 10,400 62,300 56,700 22,400
Hispanic: 162,500 93,100 123,100 47,400 77,000 86,600 53,100 52,800 29,500 78,500 46,200
    Male 95,600 61,200 64,200 40,100 46,600 27,900 20,700 17,000 7,600 58,300 16,800
    Female 125,600 69,600 104,100 25,400 59,600 82,100 48,900 50,000 28,700 53,600 42,600
 Puerto Rican:a 88,400 44,700 66,400 15,100 39,800 24,700 18,600 14,700 10,600 60,100 22,000
    Male 67,800 24,400 53,300 3,700 23,700 5,900 5,900 0 0 53,300 0
    Female 53,200 37,500 40,000 14,600 32,000 24,000 17,700 14,700 10,600 27,900 22,000
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 110,600 70,300 79,900 39,100 54,200 65,800 35,400 49,400 20,200 43,100 28,700
    Male 61,800 50,700 31,400 39,100 31,000 23,400 19,900 12,300 0 23,400 12,400
    Female 92,800 47,600 76,000 0 42,400 61,500 29,300 47,800 20,200 37,200 25,900
Region:
    Northeast 186,700 79,500 152,800 39,700 61,100 99,600 74,600 24,800 48,900 98,100 59,400
    Midwest 183,800 75,000 153,600 32,000 63,000 100,200 46,300 61,300 56,600 106,500 55,500
    South 279,300 126,500 223,700 52,900 108,600 138,700 71,400 93,500 66,900 170,000 91,900
    West 236,900 101,000 205,400 45,500 80,000 113,600 49,900 36,200 87,000 149,200 79,900
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 181,700 110,200 136,600 67,500 83,000 105,600 71,000 59,300 41,000 86,200 53,700
    1.00-2.49 252,400 117,000 204,900 31,700 103,900 114,300 69,300 79,800 51,900 160,600 76,200
    2.50-4.49 210,800 85,600 184,400 42,000 70,900 130,400 67,900 43,400 98,400 108,100 77,600
    4.50 and above 230,200 88,600 200,300 32,400 68,500 102,000 71,200 39,800 62,700 155,600 77,600

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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