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: | 0.20 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.62 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.69 | 0.27 | 0.49 |
Male | 0.25 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.88 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 0.76 | 0.35 | 0.64 |
Female | 0.28 | 0.60 | 0.30 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 1.36 | 1.10 | 0.91 | 0.40 | 0.67 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 0.26 | 0.49 | 0.29 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 1.19 | 1.15 | 1.10 | 0.36 | 0.57 |
Male | 0.33 | 0.59 | 0.39 | 1.03 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 1.59 | 1.65 | 1.18 | 0.46 | 0.73 |
Female | 0.38 | 0.86 | 0.40 | 1.17 | 1.22 | 0.95 | 1.92 | 1.55 | 1.38 | 0.52 | 0.79 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 0.58 | 1.11 | 0.57 | 2.28 | 1.34 | 1.05 | 2.13 | 1.87 | 1.25 | 0.63 | 1.32 |
Male | 0.72 | 1.50 | 0.74 | 3.23 | 1.91 | 1.50 | 2.85 | 2.17 | 1.99 | 0.80 | 1.63 |
Female | 0.74 | 1.64 | 0.71 | 2.97 | 1.95 | 1.33 | 3.03 | 2.51 | 1.61 | 0.84 | 1.63 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 0.61 | 1.23 | 0.68 | 2.15 | 1.68 | 1.19 | 3.09 | 2.72 | 1.64 | 0.79 | 1.34 |
Male | 0.86 | 1.78 | 0.91 | 2.97 | 2.71 | 1.87 | 4.71 | 4.18 | 2.49 | 0.90 | 2.68 |
Female | 0.86 | 1.86 | 0.91 | 3.09 | 2.26 | 1.48 | 4.30 | 3.58 | 1.42 | 1.28 | 1.51 |
Hispanic: | 0.37 | 0.71 | 0.39 | 0.98 | 1.14 | 0.61 | 1.37 | 1.72 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 1.45 |
Male | 0.54 | 1.06 | 0.51 | 1.47 | 1.71 | 0.83 | 2.00 | 1.92 | 0.84 | 0.62 | 2.04 |
Female | 0.52 | 0.97 | 0.61 | 1.28 | 1.48 | 0.81 | 1.88 | 2.02 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 2.31 |
Puerto Rican:a | 1.45 | 1.97 | 2.01 | 4.74 | 2.67 | 2.56 | 3.84 | 6.12 | 3.23 | 2.83 | 3.58 |
Male | 1.52 | 2.78 | 1.92 | 6.30 | 5.24 | 2.03 | 5.18 | 2.17 | 2.74 | 3.03 | 8.78 |
Female | 2.56 | 2.85 | 3.33 | 7.24 | 2.93 | 4.84 | 5.07 | 12.29 | 6.44 | 4.35 | 6.66 |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 0.44 | 0.80 | 0.45 | 1.18 | 1.31 | 0.76 | 1.83 | 2.27 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 1.26 |
Male | 0.59 | 1.08 | 0.57 | 1.81 | 1.69 | 1.03 | 2.70 | 2.60 | 0.77 | 0.55 | 1.18 |
Female | 0.67 | 1.28 | 0.79 | 1.44 | 2.01 | 1.01 | 2.48 | 2.20 | 1.24 | 1.48 | 1.92 |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 0.47 | 0.93 | 0.53 | 1.69 | 1.43 | 1.22 | 2.29 | 2.19 | 1.41 | 0.68 | 0.81 |
Midwest | 0.42 | 0.94 | 0.49 | 1.30 | 1.17 | 1.23 | 2.40 | 2.11 | 2.10 | 0.57 | 1.09 |
South | 0.31 | 0.53 | 0.35 | 1.12 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 1.05 | 1.14 | 0.86 | 0.41 | 0.75 |
West | 0.40 | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 0.75 | 1.49 | 1.68 | 0.95 | 0.62 | 1.25 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0-.99 | 0.57 | 0.95 | 0.63 | 1.57 | 1.41 | 0.85 | 1.65 | 1.39 | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.68 |
1.00-2.49 | 0.41 | 0.81 | 0.43 | 1.12 | 1.16 | 0.83 | 2.02 | 1.38 | 1.24 | 0.62 | 0.69 |
2.50-4.49 | 0.37 | 0.65 | 0.43 | 1.33 | 0.95 | 0.86 | 1.68 | 1.66 | 1.28 | 0.51 | 0.92 |
4.50 and above | 0.31 | 0.74 | 0.35 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 0.82 | 1.76 | 2.16 | 0.92 | 0.42 | 0.85 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Compiled 9/19/2008
† See the Methods section of the documentation found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.
a As a subset of Hispanic.
b Missing responses imputed.
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