2008 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: | 38,450 | 10,190 | 28,260 | 1,499 | 6,576 | 12,381 | 3,653 | 3,609 | 5,119 | 13,887 | 4,107 |
Male | 17,889 | 6,184 | 11,705 | 1,031 | 3,919 | 6,082 | 2,046 | 1,718 | 2,318 | 5,271 | 1,586 |
Female | 20,560 | 4,006 | 16,555 | 468 | 2,657 | 6,299 | 1,607 | 1,891 | 2,801 | 8,616 | 2,521 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 25,307 | 5,356 | 19,951 | 676 | 3,347 | 8,169 | 2,459 | 2,376 | 3,334 | 9,961 | 3,153 |
Male | 11,727 | 3,327 | 8,401 | 476 | 2,116 | 3,963 | 1,306 | 1,183 | 1,474 | 3,939 | 1,233 |
Female | 13,579 | 2,029 | 11,550 | 200 | 1,231 | 4,206 | 1,153 | 1,193 | 1,860 | 6,022 | 1,920 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 5,808 | 2,283 | 3,525 | 325 | 1,587 | 1,746 | 491 | 511 | 745 | 1,766 | 385 |
Male | 2,785 | 1,378 | 1,407 | 248 | 888 | 904 | 327 | 262 | 315 | 621 | 123 |
Female | 3,024 | 905 | 2,119 | 77* | 699 | 842 | 164 | 249 | 429 | 1,144 | 261 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 2,660 | 826 | 1,834 | 133* | 554 | 786 | 215 | 217* | 354 | 917 | 270 |
Male | 1,315 | 543 | 772 | 102* | 344 | 428 | 147* | 113* | 169* | 318 | 123 |
Female | 1,345 | 283 | 1,062 | 31* | 210* | 357 | 68* | ** | 185 | 599 | 147 |
Hispanic: | 4,675 | 1,725 | 2,950 | 364 | 1,087 | 1,680 | 489 | 505 | 686 | 1,243 | 300 |
Male | 2,063 | 937 | 1,126 | 205 | 571 | 786 | 266 | 160* | 360 | 393 | 107* |
Female | 2,612 | 788 | 1,824 | 159* | 516 | 894 | 222 | 345 | 327 | 850 | 193 |
Puerto Rican:a | 942 | 344 | 597 | 44* | 258 | 256 | 66* | 76* | 114 | 316 | 68* |
Male | 452 | 216 | 236 | 22* | 176 | 109* | ** | ** | 37* | 105* | ** |
Female | 490 | 128 | 361 | ** | 82* | 147 | 42* | ** | 77 | 211 | 27* |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 2,590 | 1,044 | 1,546 | 245 | 633 | 988 | 304 | 345 | 340 | 604 | 120 |
Male | 1,042 | 490 | 553 | 118 | 272 | 444 | 177* | 102* | 165* | 185 | ** |
Female | 1,547 | 555 | 993 | 127* | 361 | 544 | 126* | 243* | 175 | 419 | 97 |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 6,740 | 1,861 | 4,879 | 194 | 1,185 | 2,132 | 831 | 384 | 917 | 2,530 | 699 |
Midwest | 9,716 | 2,509 | 7,206 | 427 | 1,596 | 3,184 | 851 | 1,088 | 1,244 | 3,565 | 944 |
South | 12,895 | 3,798 | 9,097 | 614 | 2,456 | 3,963 | 1,169 | 1,166 | 1,629 | 4,488 | 1,374 |
West | 9,099 | 2,022 | 7,077 | 264 | 1,338 | 3,102 | 802 | 971 | 1,329 | 3,304 | 1,090 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0-.99 | 6,522 | 2,314 | 4,208 | 489 | 1,487 | 2,104 | 581 | 811 | 713 | 2,055 | 387 |
1.00-2.49 | 10,964 | 3,354 | 7,610 | 412 | 2,312 | 3,543 | 1,061 | 1,079 | 1,402 | 3,122 | 1,576 |
2.50-4.49 | 10,368 | 2,418 | 7,950 | 337 | 1,484 | 3,525 | 1,069 | 1,001 | 1,454 | 3,750 | 1,273 |
4.50 and above | 10,595 | 2,103 | 8,492 | 261 | 1,293 | 3,210 | 942 | 718 | 1,550 | 4,960 | 871 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Compiled 8/30/2010
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%.
† Numbers within selected characteristics may not sum to total due to rounding.
a As a subset of Hispanic.
b Missing responses imputed.
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