2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 2-1
Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2011
				Age (years)
						15-34
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:	12.9	14.0	12.6	8.3	15.6	15.6	17.6	16.3	14.2	11.8	10.4
Male	12.1	15.3	11.0	8.5	17.7	15.7	17.7	18.1	13.5	9.3	8.0
Female	13.8	12.8	14.1	8.0	13.5	15.5	17.6	14.5	15.0	14.2	12.2

White Non-Hispanic:	12.6	12.3	12.7	6.6	13.1	16.1	17.5	16.6	15.2	12.1	10.2
Male	11.7	13.5	11.2	7.0	15.2	16.3	17.7	18.3	14.6	9.7	8.2
Female	13.6	11.1	14.2	6.1	10.8	15.9	17.2	14.8	15.9	14.6	11.8

Black Non-Hispanic:	16.7	20.7	15.1	14.0	23.4	20.0	23.1	20.2	17.9	12.6	13.5
Male	16.5	23.2	13.5	14.7	25.9	21.1	24.7	22.6	18.0	10.1	9.0
Female	16.9	18.2	16.4	13.3	20.9	18.9	21.6	18.0	17.7	14.7	16.4

Other Non-Hispanic:	12.6	14.3	11.9	9.0	16.6	13.9	17.3	17.1	10.9	11.1	10.6
Male	11.9	16.3	10.0	9.2	20.5	13.8	17.6	22.6	8.0	8.0	8.9
Female	13.2	12.2	13.6	8.9	12.8	14.0	17.1	12.3	13.5	14.0	12.0

Hispanic:	11.5	14.0	10.2	8.3	16.7	11.8	14.3	12.4	10.2	9.7	8.8
Male	10.7	14.4	8.7	8.1	17.7	11.5	13.0	13.1	9.8	7.5	4.8*
Female	12.4	13.6	11.7	8.5	15.6	12.2	15.7	11.6	10.7	12.0	11.9

Puerto Rican:^a	22.9	30.0	19.4	26.3	31.3	22.8	24.1	13.3*	25.6	18.9	17.8*
Male	20.2	26.8	17.1	19.2*	27.0	27.0	25.6*	**	30.3	12.1	**
Female	25.5	32.9	21.7	33.3*	35.2	18.4	22.7*	**	19.9	24.8	22.6

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	9.9	12.2	8.5	6.0	15.5	9.9	12.5	11.7	7.7	8.0	6.7
Male	9.8	12.8	8.1	6.2	16.6	10.1	10.8	12.1	8.7	7.5	**
Female	9.9	11.5	8.9	5.9	14.3	9.7	14.5	11.1	6.4	8.6	10.6

Region:
Northeast	12.8	15.8	12.0	11.5	15.3	17.8	23.0	14.8	16.9	10.2	10.1
Midwest	12.0	12.4	11.9	6.2	14.5	15.1	15.6	15.8	14.5	10.7	10.0
South	13.3	15.0	12.7	9.6	16.6	15.0	17.4	15.9	13.2	12.7	10.3
West	13.4	13.0	13.5	6.4	15.4	15.6	16.8	18.2	13.6	13.0	11.1

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	16.2	17.1	15.8	13.4	19.0	17.4	18.5	17.6	16.2	15.0	13.8
1.00-2.49	13.4	14.5	13.0	7.2	16.8	14.9	16.3	15.7	13.8	13.2	10.7
2.50-4.49	12.1	13.2	11.8	6.9	14.3	14.9	18.0	14.9	13.7	10.8	10.5
4.50 and above	11.4	11.1	11.4	3.9	11.9	15.7	18.1	17.2	14.1	10.8	8.6

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 1/5/2013

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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