2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
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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: | 11.5 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
Male | 11.0 | 14.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 16.2 | 13.6 | 18.9 | 14.6 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 7.9 |
Female | 11.9 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 6.3 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 11.9 | 11.1 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 5.4 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 10.7 | 9.8 |
Male | 10.8 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 18.6 | 16.1 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 7.9 |
Female | 12.2 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 4.8 | 9.9 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 16.4 | 12.1 | 11.2 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 13.2 | 19.7 | 10.4 | 16.0 | 20.6 | 12.8 | 18.7 | 12.3 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
Male | 12.6 | 21.9 | 8.0 | 20.3 | 22.1 | 12.4 | 20.5 | 11.1* | 7.8* | 7.1 | 7.4 |
Female | 13.7 | 17.5 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 19.2 | 13.3 | 17.1 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 12.2 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 10.7 | 15.1 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 17.3 | 13.3 | 23.2 | 13.8* | 9.4 | 7.4 | 6.6 |
Male | 11.9 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 9.9* | 22.1 | 15.0 | 30.8 | ** | 11.8 | 6.2 | 8.6* |
Female | 9.5 | 11.1 | 9.0 | 6.8* | 12.3 | 11.5 | 14.8* | 19.2* | 6.8 | 8.5 | 5.1* |
Hispanic: | 10.2 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 14.7 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 10.1 |
Male | 10.2 | 15.6 | 7.4 | 10.5 | 18.1 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 8.0 |
Female | 10.3 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 6.1 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 11.8 | 11.5 |
Puerto Rican:a | 20.3 | 17.8 | 21.4 | 23.4 | 16.4 | 23.1 | 13.9* | 37.5 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 16.8 |
Male | 18.3 | 22.3 | 16.6 | 30.2 | 21.5 | 21.2 | ** | 42.0* | 13.4* | 10.6* | 19.6* |
Female | 22.1 | 13.7 | 26.1 | 17.3* | 12.2 | 25.3 | 15.5* | 31.7* | 26.8 | 27.7 | 14.9* |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 9.0 | 12.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 4.5* |
Male | 8.7 | 14.0 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 15.9 | 9.6 | 14.7 | 12.2 | 6.4 | 3.1 | ** |
Female | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 5.4* | 12.1 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 8.6* | 6.6 | 12.0 | 6.4* |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 12.6 | 15.6 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 15.5 | 15.7 | 20.1 | 17.3 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 8.1 |
Midwest | 11.7 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 19.7 | 16.6 | 12.7 | 9.5 | 10.5 |
South | 10.6 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 9.3 |
West | 11.8 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 6.1 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 16.0 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.0 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0-.99 | 14.4 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 17.4 | 13.8 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 14.1 |
1.00-2.49 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 16.8 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 9.4 |
2.50-4.49 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 6.6 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 10.6 |
4.50 and above | 10.6 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 4.7 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 18.7 | 17.1 | 12.6 | 9.5 | 7.3 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Compiled 9/19/2008
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%.
a As a subset of Hispanic.
b Missing responses imputed.
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