2005 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: | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.31 | 0.76 | 0.64 | 0.36 | 0.23 | 0.37 | |||
Male | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.83 | 0.64 | 0.39 | 0.97 | 0.88 | 0.49 | 0.31 | 0.54 | |||
Female | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.25 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 1.17 | 1.01 | 0.57 | 0.34 | 0.53 | |||
White Non-Hispanic: | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.42 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.53 | 0.28 | 0.43 | |||
Male | 0.26 | 0.53 | 0.30 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.56 | 1.37 | 1.18 | 0.71 | 0.37 | 0.61 | |||
Female | 0.27 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.63 | 1.45 | 1.32 | 0.81 | 0.40 | 0.61 | |||
Black Non-Hispanic: | 0.46 | 0.92 | 0.47 | 1.86 | 1.13 | 0.89 | 2.20 | 1.84 | 0.84 | 0.60 | 1.20 | |||
Male | 0.64 | 1.38 | 0.64 | 3.11 | 1.70 | 1.25 | 2.78 | 2.26 | 1.24 | 0.77 | 1.59 | |||
Female | 0.60 | 1.19 | 0.73 | 2.27 | 1.63 | 1.22 | 3.03 | 3.18 | 1.22 | 0.94 | 1.62 | |||
Other Races Non-Hispanic: | 0.71 | 1.29 | 0.82 | 2.42 | 1.98 | 1.29 | 2.84 | 3.00 | 1.56 | 0.93 | 2.05 | |||
Male | 0.99 | 1.92 | 1.15 | 4.01 | 2.64 | 1.17 | 1.65 | 3.95 | 1.21 | 1.37 | 3.15 | |||
Female | 1.14 | 1.92 | 1.29 | 2.80 | 2.98 | 2.39 | 5.79 | 4.45 | 3.01 | 1.31 | 2.92 | |||
Hispanic: | 0.30 | 0.61 | 0.35 | 1.04 | 0.81 | 0.47 | 1.13 | 1.11 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 1.26 | |||
Male | 0.40 | 0.90 | 0.38 | 1.51 | 1.28 | 0.53 | 1.37 | 1.25 | 0.66 | 0.53 | 2.05 | |||
Female | 0.48 | 0.82 | 0.59 | 1.49 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 2.16 | 1.86 | 0.92 | 0.85 | 1.42 | |||
Puerto Rican: | 1.37 | 3.08 | 1.67 | 3.62 | 4.32 | 2.35 | 4.67 | 5.48 | 3.55 | 2.95 | 3.81 | |||
Male | 2.45 | 4.74 | 2.76 | 5.25 | 6.74 | 4.06 | 7.94 | 5.80 | 6.17 | 3.83 | 6.35 | |||
Female | 1.91 | 2.99 | 2.41 | 4.96 | 4.99 | 3.26 | 5.17 | 8.11 | 4.49 | 4.40 | 4.15 | |||
Mexican/Mexican-American: | 0.36 | 0.72 | 0.42 | 1.25 | 1.01 | 0.61 | 1.21 | 1.44 | 0.60 | 0.45 | 1.90 | |||
Male | 0.49 | 0.99 | 0.47 | 1.80 | 1.51 | 0.62 | 1.13 | 1.72 | 0.57 | 0.51 | 3.40 | |||
Female | 0.55 | 1.05 | 0.64 | 1.84 | 1.22 | 1.12 | 2.68 | 2.37 | 1.10 | 0.76 | 2.07 | |||
Region: | ||||||||||||||
Northeast | 0.36 | 0.70 | 0.45 | 1.32 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 1.98 | 2.21 | 0.96 | 0.57 | 0.70 | |||
Midwest | 0.31 | 0.64 | 0.34 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.65 | 1.73 | 1.18 | 0.81 | 0.43 | 0.79 | |||
South | 0.22 | 0.54 | 0.28 | 0.94 | 0.74 | 0.50 | 1.19 | 0.88 | 0.56 | 0.38 | 0.60 | |||
West | 0.38 | 0.63 | 0.41 | 0.94 | 0.79 | 0.66 | 1.30 | 1.39 | 0.74 | 0.56 | 0.95 | |||
Ratio of Family Income to | ||||||||||||||
Poverty Threshold: | ||||||||||||||
0 – 0.99 | 0.48 | 0.73 | 0.58 | 1.35 | 0.96 | 0.83 | 2.05 | 1.40 | 0.84 | 0.92 | 1.24 | |||
1.00 – 2.49 | 0.28 | 0.59 | 0.32 | 1.03 | 0.78 | 0.59 | 1.50 | 1.10 | 0.73 | 0.50 | 0.63 | |||
2.50 – 4.49 | 0.32 | 0.67 | 0.34 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.67 | 1.46 | 1.57 | 0.90 | 0.46 | 0.66 | |||
4.50 and above | 0.27 | 0.59 | 0.30 | 0.71 | 0.88 | 0.62 | 1.39 | 2.01 | 0.58 | 0.35 | 0.89 | |||
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC compiled 5/22/2007
* See the “Methods” Section of the documentation found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.
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