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

Table 5-2
Standard Errors† for Asthma Attack Population Estimates among those with Current Asthma: rounded 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: 405,700 176,500 339,900 53,900 155,900 213,800 65,400 132,200 154,800 224,800 103,800
   Male 242,100 135,700 190,500 34,700 127,100 130,400 51,300 86,700 82,200 130,500 49,800
   Female 288,500 104,800 260,700 41,700 86,900 160,500 43,400 100,500 121,800 174,400 88,800
White Non-Hispanic: 285,900 105,700 258,500 26,800 95,000 148,500 50,700 84,700 106,700 185,000 89,000
   Male 161,600 80,900 133,100 20,100 72,900 79,400 35,500 51,100 50,100 99,100 43,600
   Female 221,100 70,700 211,300 17,700 62,500 114,500 37,500 65,900 88,800 151,700 77,100
Black Non-Hispanic: 206,700 106,400 149,400 39,400 89,000 125,700 31,700 93,300 72,800 71,500 38,400
   Male 126,000 79,400 89,500 20,100 72,300 79,800 25,300 61,500 44,500 41,500 16,400
   Female 142,400 60,800 118,700 33,900 44,500 93,600 19,100 70,200 58,700 56,900 33,300
Other Non-Hispanic: 94,200 44,400 76,300 11,500 42,300 52,400 8,500 28,000 39,700 49,200 25,300
    Male 66,500 39,400 50,400 10,800 37,300 30,200 7,300 21,900 19,600 36,700 15,100
    Female 57,700 22,700 52,500 4,000 21,900 41,100 4,300 17,500 34,500 28,200 19,100
Hispanic: 161,500 79,700 127,400 24,200 71,800 84,400 28,900 40,000 61,500 83,900 28,800
    Male 106,300 66,100 82,300 17,800 62,600 60,400 27,100 29,500 39,000 58,300 11,300
    Female 100,400 37,400 87,900 16,300 31,900 59,300 11,600 27,200 44,900 56,100 26,600
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 103,100 47,800 86,100 10,900 46,200 55,600 17,700 30,900 43,700 57,000 20,500
    Male 66,500 39,300 52,500 9,300 37,500 35,000 17,700 27,000 13,500 39,700 7,100
    Female 73,000 28,200 65,300 5,700 27,800 40,900 0 15,000 38,100 41,500 19,200
Other Hispanic:a 119,500 62,200 89,200 21,600 53,600 62,200 24,000 25,500 43,400 61,700 20,000
    Male 84,700 53,200 64,000 15,200 49,800 49,900 21,400 12,000 36,600 43,200 8,700
    Female 64,600 24,900 56,800 15,300 15,800 38,000 11,600 22,600 23,800 38,200 18,000
Region:
    Northeast 162,100 63,400 139,700 21,400 57,600 95,800 19,600 75,400 65,200 110,500 33,600
    Midwest 168,700 81,200 139,400 36,200 64,400 89,500 28,600 63,900 61,100 99,700 36,600
    South 259,900 116,400 205,700 27,700 101,700 133,000 42,100 76,900 90,100 136,900 67,700
    West 205,600 83,500 185,100 19,000 80,600 104,200 36,100 42,300 88,800 98,100 60,900
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 197,100 105,900 158,700 37,400 96,800 104,300 27,800 68,900 64,300 98,700 53,300
    1.00-2.49 222,700 96,000 188,700 24,500 87,200 133,500 35,500 85,400 97,000 125,500 57,400
    2.50-4.49 181,600 74,800 161,900 24,000 65,500 103,800 41,900 57,700 76,700 118,900 45,500
    4.50 and above 155,600 56,900 140,200 21,600 47,000 89,800 29,200 59,300 56,100 100,300 55,700

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.
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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