2003 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
All ages | Children | Adults | |||||||||
Total | Age <18 | Age 18+ | 0 - 4 | 5 - 14 | 15 - 34 | 15 - 19 | 20 - 24 | 25 - 34 | 35 - 64 | 65 + | |
Total: | 19,836 | 6,213 | 13,623 | 1,177 | 3,859 | 5,687 | 1,876 | 1,360 | 2,450 | 7,140 | 1,972 |
Male | 8,213 | 3,548 | 4,665 | 670 | 2,256 | 2,369 | 960 | 499 | 911 | 2,317 | 600 |
Female | 11,623 | 2,665 | 8,958 | 508 | 1,603 | 3,318 | 917 | 861 | 1,540 | 4,823 | 1,372 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 13,748 | 3,394 | 10,354 | 532 | 2,144 | 3,824 | 1,208 | 922 | 1,694 | 5,603 | 1,644 |
Male | 5,459 | 1,957 | 3,502 | 322 | 1,283 | 1,502 | 568 | 335 | 599 | 1,842 | 509 |
Female | 8,289 | 1,437 | 6,852 | 210 | 861 | 2,322 | 640 | 587 | 1,095 | 3,761 | 1,135 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 3,213 | 1,505 | 1,708 | 392 | 890 | 918 | 346 | 240 | 333 | 860 | 153 |
Male | 1,405 | 835 | 570 | 195 | 523 | 412 | 201 | 102* | 108* | 241 | 34* |
Female | 1,808 | 670 | 1,138 | 196 | 367 | 506 | 144 | 138 | 224 | 619 | 120 |
Other races Non-Hispanic: | 676 | 322 | 354 | 56* | 212 | 210 | 78* | 56* | 76* | 128 | 70* |
Male | 389 | 224 | 165 | 49* | 142 | 111 | 41* | ** | 43* | 54* | ** |
Female | 287 | 98* | 189 | ** | 71* | 99 | 37* | ** | 33* | 74* | 37* |
Hispanic: | 2,199 | 991 | 1,207 | 197 | 613 | 735 | 245 | 143 | 347 | 549 | 104 |
Male | 960 | 532 | 428 | 103 | 309 | 345 | 150 | 35* | 160* | 180 | 23* |
Female | 1,239 | 460 | 779 | 94* | 304 | 390 | 95 | 108 | 187 | 370 | 81 |
Puerto Rican:ª | 555 | 256 | 299 | 41* | 165 | 170 | 66* | ** | 78 | 147 | 33* |
Male | 180 | 110 | 70 | ** | 73 | 60* | ** | ** | 33* | 31* | ** |
Female | 374 | 146 | 228 | ** | 92* | 110 | 45* | ** | 44* | 115 | 33* |
Mexican/Mexican-American:ª | 1,046 | 458 | 588 | 87 | 300 | 369 | 101* | 90* | 178 | 247 | 43* |
Male | 479 | 253 | 225 | 49 | 152 | 163* | 64* | 29* | ** | 96 | ** |
Female | 568 | 204 | 363 | ** | 148 | 206 | 37* | 61* | 108 | 151 | 25* |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 4,136 | 1,281 | 2,855 | 196 | 870 | 1,092 | 384 | 318 | 389 | 1,530 | 448 |
Midwest | 5,288 | 1,693 | 3,595 | 382 | 985 | 1,613 | 562 | 403 | 648 | 1,789 | 518 |
South | 6,647 | 2,225 | 4,422 | 454 | 1,344 | 1,835 | 626 | 373 | 836 | 2,419 | 595 |
West | 3,765 | 1,014 | 2,751 | 146 | 660 | 1,147 | 304 | 266 | 578 | 1,402 | 411 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold: | |||||||||||
0 - .99 | 2,700 | 1,010 | 1,691 | 297 | 552 | 806 | 305 | 249 | 253 | 825 | 220 |
1.00 - 2.49 | 4,660 | 1,513 | 3,147 | 353 | 890 | 1,446 | 399 | 397 | 650 | 1,373 | 598 |
2.50 - 4.49 | 4,083 | 1,296 | 2,788 | 196 | 816 | 1,398 | 425 | 264 | 708 | 1,349 | 324 |
4.50 and above | 3,915 | 924 | 2,991 | 122 | 606 | 934 | 267 | 155* | 512 | 2,065 | 187 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC compiled 3/9/2005
ªa subset of Hispanic
All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherwise indicated.
* Relative standard error of the estimate is 30%-50%; the estimate is unreliable.
** Relative standard error of the estimate exceeds 50%.
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