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

Table 6-1
Asthma Attack Prevalence Percents among those with Current Asthma 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: 41.2 44.3 40.4 47.2 45.2 38.9 30.6 38.6 42.7 44.5 32.9
   Male 38.0 43.8 35.5 44.2 44.9 33.7 29.9 38.4 33.0 39.4 29.3
   Female 43.5 45.1 43.2 51.3 45.7 42.6 31.4 38.8 48.2 47.6 34.5
White Non-Hispanic: 41.6 44.3 41.1 44.9 44.1 37.7 33.5 39.1 38.7 46.6 34.2
   Male 35.4 42.6 33.5 46.8* 42.2 28.2 28.4 37.8 23.1 38.3 32.0
   Female 45.5 46.5 45.3 42.9* 46.6 43.9 38.7 39.9 47.4 51.5 35.1
Black Non-Hispanic: 43.0 47.2 41.4 48.0* 47.1 46.2 31.1 46.3 53.1 36.8 41.4
   Male 39.0 42.7 36.3 37.3* 43.4 39.3 29.3* 36.8* 50.3 33.8 38.0*
   Female 46.4 56.0 44.3 63.3* 55.2 51.8 34.1* 54.6 54.6 38.5 42.5
Other Non-Hispanic: 38.5 46.8 35.8 ** 55.7 35.6 ** 35.1* 47.0 34.6 33.7
    Male 38.0 49.9 32.6 ** 53.7 33.0* ** 45.5* ** 34.2* **
    Female 38.9 41.5 38.4 ** 60.0 37.6 ** ** 71.4 35.0 37.0
Hispanic: 38.8 40.5 38.1 52.3 42.0 35.3 30.0 29.0 41.9 47.0 19.1
    Male 44.6 44.6 44.6 54.4* 47.4 42.5 32.8* 39.5* 52.7 53.2 **
    Female 33.9 33.1 34.2 49.4* 31.4 30.4 ** 24.1* 36.1 42.8 22.9*
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 36.2 37.9 35.5 69.6* 42.6 28.3 ** 25.9* 35.3* 48.3 16.3*
    Male 41.1 42.6 40.1 ** 47.8 29.9* ** ** ** 54.6 **
    Female 32.4 31.3* 32.7 ** 35.7* 27.2 ** ** 37.5* 43.7 **
Other Hispanic:a 41.1 41.9 40.7 47.4* 40.2 44.9 51.7* 33.3* 49.6 45.6 21.1*
    Male 47.2 44.8 49.2 53.0* 45.6 59.0 51.1* ** 67.1 52.0 **
    Female 35.4 35.4 35.4 ** 25.0* 34.8 52.5* ** 33.8* 41.7 27.8*
Region:
    Northeast 41.1 44.3 40.4 37.7* 47.6 41.1 24.1* 49.4 42.9 44.1 28.9
    Midwest 39.1 42.1 38.3 74.0 38.6 43.9 41.1 35.5 52.0 39.5 27.1
    South 42.8 47.6 41.5 45.1 48.6 37.8 27.5 40.5 40.3 47.4 36.7
    West 40.4 40.5 40.3 ** 44.6 35.6 32.6 26.3* 40.8 45.1 35.1
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 49.8 50.0 49.7 35.4* 56.6 48.4 28.8* 50.2 55.0 53.4 36.7
    1.00-2.49 42.5 43.0 42.4 44.2 42.7 42.5 27.4 42.7 48.7 48.5 30.4
    2.50-4.49 38.7 40.3 38.3 81.9 37.0 36.7 41.6 33.2 36.6 44.6 28.5
    4.50 and above 35.3 43.4 33.9 53.1* 44.4 29.0 25.3 27.7* 31.9 35.3 38.6

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.
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: January 11, 2021
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