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Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percentsby Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2019

Table 2-2
Standard Errors† for Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents
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: 0.22 0.39 0.25 0.44 0.58 0.50 0.94 1.22 0.64 0.32 0.41
   Male 0.30 0.59 0.34 0.66 0.91 0.71 1.38 1.74 0.91 0.43 0.53
   Female 0.30 0.51 0.34 0.59 0.71 0.69 1.25 1.63 0.89 0.47 0.58
White Non-Hispanic: 0.27 0.50 0.30 0.48 0.73 0.69 1.30 1.62 0.86 0.39 0.44
   Male 0.38 0.74 0.43 0.69 1.11 0.96 2.04 2.27 1.23 0.52 0.57
   Female 0.37 0.71 0.41 0.66 1.02 0.96 1.68 2.31 1.16 0.58 0.64
Black Non-Hispanic: 0.72 1.44 0.78 2.18 2.04 1.58 3.04 4.09 1.73 0.85 1.32
   Male 1.06 2.36 1.13 3.23 3.35 2.28 4.35 5.70 2.63 1.24 1.69
   Female 0.91 1.65 1.04 2.79 2.31 2.12 3.79 5.71 2.46 1.24 1.99
Other Non-Hispanic: 0.64 1.09 0.73 1.23 1.55 1.35 3.02 3.03 1.52 0.94 2.12
    Male 0.90 1.60 1.10 2.20 2.51 1.84 3.39 4.51 2.38 1.39 3.49
    Female 0.84 1.37 0.98 0.57 1.60 1.87 4.55 4.06 1.94 1.22 2.49
Hispanic: 0.53 0.70 0.66 0.84 1.07 1.01 1.61 2.30 1.46 0.81 1.67
    Male 0.67 1.11 0.87 1.26 1.73 1.44 2.32 3.94 1.92 1.07 1.93
    Female 0.74 0.83 0.93 1.12 1.29 1.38 2.07 2.57 2.23 1.13 2.48
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 0.64 0.80 0.87 0.91 1.20 1.16 1.98 2.52 1.71 1.01 2.44
    Male 0.80 1.18 1.10 1.67 1.82 1.62 2.59 3.97 2.39 1.42 2.39
    Female 0.89 1.05 1.18 0.64 1.68 1.53 2.90 3.30 2.33 1.37 3.61
Other Hispanic:a 0.87 1.29 1.08 1.60 2.02 1.81 2.51 4.45 2.40 1.28 2.50
    Male 1.21 2.22 1.51 1.99 3.53 2.75 3.96 8.83 3.27 1.74 3.06
    Female 1.22 1.37 1.48 2.48 1.98 2.46 2.30 4.47 3.76 1.77 3.85
Region:
    Northeast 0.55 1.00 0.58 1.30 1.42 1.35 2.59 3.69 1.55 0.75 0.92
    Midwest 0.49 0.88 0.54 0.91 1.42 1.07 1.65 2.22 1.48 0.69 0.76
    South 0.35 0.63 0.40 0.72 0.92 0.81 1.52 2.01 1.01 0.54 0.73
    West 0.46 0.73 0.52 0.81 1.06 0.96 2.00 2.38 1.28 0.65 0.82
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 0.74 1.20 0.89 1.67 1.76 1.34 2.19 2.84 1.90 1.18 1.90
    1.00-2.49 0.43 0.71 0.49 0.68 1.01 0.93 1.84 1.93 1.28 0.66 0.79
    2.50-4.49 0.40 0.66 0.46 0.55 0.99 0.93 1.59 2.38 1.20 0.61 0.79
    4.50 and above 0.35 0.61 0.39 0.74 0.91 1.00 1.72 2.89 1.08 0.45 0.59

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

†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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