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Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousands by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2019

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Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates –in thousands
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2019
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: 41,393 7,683 33,710 624 5,328 14,188 3,081 4,084 7,023 15,177 6,010
   Male 19,627 4,644 14,982 381 3,309 7,114 1,717 2,060 3,336 6,713 2,093
   Female 21,766 3,039 18,727 243 2,019 7,075 1,364 2,024 3,687 8,464 3,917
White Non-Hispanic: 25,402 3,491 21,911 216 2,410 8,120 1,668 2,254 4,198 10,228 4,406
   Male 11,635 1,938 9,697 112* 1,373 4,029 891 1,096 2,042 4,540 1,571
   Female 13,767 1,553 12,213 104* 1,037 4,092 777 1,158 2,156 5,688 2,834
Black Non-Hispanic: 6,107 1,637 4,471 169* 1,112 2,373 532 726 1,115 1,859 562
   Male 2,876 1,075 1,802 101* 743 1,147 342 362 443 742 137
   Female 3,231 562 2,669 ** 369 1,226 190 365 671 1,117 424
Other Non-Hispanic: 2,902 676 2,226 56* 457 1,012 285 291 436 1,011 367
    Male 1,485 399 1,086 ** 295 477 93* 148* 236 498 166*
    Female 1,417 278 1,140 ** 162 534 191 143* 200 512 201
Hispanic: 6,981 1,879 5,102 183 1,349 2,684 596 813 1,275 2,079 676
    Male 3,630 1,233 2,398 119 898 1,461 391 454 616 933 219
    Female 3,351 646 2,705 64* 451 1,223 206 358 659 1,146 457
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 3,610 1,031 2,579 73* 738 1,545 424 472 648 949 306
    Male 1,833 631 1,203 58* 455 780 259 244 277 459 82*
    Female 1,777 400 1,377 ** 283 765 165 229 371 490 224
Other Hispanic:a 3,272 832 2,440 110* 596 1,091 158 317 615 1,110 356
    Male 1,720 586 1,134 61* 427 633 118 188* 327 463 137
    Female 1,552 246 1,306 ** 169 458 41* 130* 288 647 219
Region:
    Northeast 7,386 1,324 6,062 148 854 2,318 549 674 1,094 2,917 1,136
    Midwest 8,503 1,666 6,838 115* 1,215 2,741 609 882 1,251 3,272 1,142
    South 15,546 3,032 12,514 242 2,113 5,578 1,103 1,593 2,882 5,312 2,271
    West 9,962 1,661 8,301 120* 1,146 3,551 820 934 1,796 3,681 1,462
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 6,779 1,852 4,927 231 1,343 2,159 475 857 828 2,262 773
    1.00-2.49 12,295 2,573 9,722 206 1,783 4,423 1,112 1,098 2,212 3,918 1,952
    2.50-4.49 10,866 1,798 9,069 73* 1,253 4,020 727 1,161 2,131 3,855 1,641
    4.50 and above 11,457 1,461 9,996 114 949 3,586 767 968 1,852 5,146 1,644

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 12/7/2020

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.
a As a subset of Hispanic.
b Missing 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