2011 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: | 49.1 | 55.5 | 46.7 | 60.9 | 56.8 | 44.7 | 41.7 | 38.8 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 40.7 |
Male | 45.9 | 55.3 | 40.6 | 67.8 | 53.7 | 39.4 | 37.3 | 30.7 | 46.2 | 42.9 | 40.5 |
Female | 51.4 | 55.7 | 50.3 | 53.7 | 61.1 | 48.9 | 46.2 | 45.1 | 52.0 | 53.3 | 40.8 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 49.8 | 60.1 | 47.3 | 74.3 | 61.7 | 45.5 | 41.1 | 39.9 | 50.2 | 49.8 | 42.1 |
Male | 46.2 | 58.3 | 42.0 | 82.6 | 56.0 | 40.8 | 35.2 | 38.1 | 45.6 | 43.2 | 42.2 |
Female | 52.3 | 62.2 | 50.5 | 65.5 | 69.7 | 49.3 | 47.5 | 41.3 | 53.5 | 53.5 | 42.0 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 50.3 | 53.0 | 48.5 | 52.4 | 56.4 | 46.5 | 44.4 | 44.6 | 49.8 | 52.9 | 33.6 |
Male | 48.8 | 52.8 | 44.2 | 60.8 | 52.4 | 40.1 | 35.7 | 39.1* | 48.0* | 52.9 | 38.2* |
Female | 51.4 | 53.3 | 50.6 | 42.5 | 62.4 | 51.5 | 54.1 | 50.4 | 50.6 | 52.9 | 31.7 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 46.8 | 59.7 | 41.0 | 57.2 | 62.5 | 38.6 | 35.7* | 33.2* | 45.5 | 45.3 | 38.6 |
Male | 35.9 | 58.2 | 21.1 | 59.5 | 59.4 | 26.1* | ** | ** | 52.5* | 14.4* | 39.5* |
Female | 54.8 | 61.3 | 52.7 | 54.9* | 66.8 | 48.3 | ** | 70.2 | 42.0 | 59.5 | 38.0 |
Hispanic: | 45.9 | 47.8 | 44.3 | 50.6 | 46.9 | 42.1 | 43.0 | 29.2 | 48.8 | 48.3 | 37.8 |
Male | 46.2 | 51.2 | 39.8 | 54.9 | 49.0 | 39.3 | 52.0 | ** | 45.2 | 48.2 | ** |
Female | 45.7 | 44.1 | 46.7 | 46.9 | 44.2 | 43.9 | 36.0 | 40.8 | 51.1 | 48.3 | 44.4 |
Puerto Rican:a | 39.0 | 41.8 | 36.4 | 40.2* | 45.6 | 26.6* | 27.9* | ** | 28.1* | 44.7 | 30.9* |
Male | 33.9 | 35.4 | 32.1* | ** | 31.4* | 38.6* | 57.6 | ** | ** | 49.6* | ** |
Female | 42.1 | 46.2 | 38.5 | 49.5* | 56.4 | 18.2* | ** | ** | 29.9* | 42.6 | 47.6* |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 45.3 | 47.9 | 42.6 | 46.0 | 46.2 | 42.5 | 51.5 | 20.0* | 53.6 | 47.4 | 38.6* |
Male | 48.6 | 51.8 | 44.4 | 47.7 | 51.4 | 41.7 | 54.7* | ** | 51.4 | 52.2 | ** |
Female | 42.3 | 43.3 | 41.4 | 44.5* | 38.8 | 43.0 | 49.1* | 28.1* | 56.4 | 44.0 | 43.0* |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 47.1 | 53.2 | 44.8 | 55.2 | 56.8 | 43.3 | 43.4 | 35.5 | 46.7 | 47.7 | 39.5 |
Midwest | 47.6 | 57.2 | 44.0 | 61.7 | 59.6 | 38.8 | 27.9 | 26.7 | 50.9 | 51.9 | 30.9 |
South | 50.4 | 56.2 | 48.1 | 59.6 | 58.1 | 45.7 | 45.4 | 40.0 | 49.0 | 49.9 | 45.2 |
West | 50.3 | 54.4 | 48.9 | 70.2 | 51.8 | 50.5 | 50.5 | 47.8 | 52.2 | 49.1 | 44.7 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0.0-0.99 | 52.9 | 54.7 | 51.8 | 57.5 | 53.9 | 46.5 | 43.0 | 37.0 | 58.7 | 56.1 | 57.2 |
1.00-2.49 | 49.1 | 54.8 | 46.5 | 56.4 | 57.6 | 45.5 | 40.0 | 47.3 | 47.4 | 49.0 | 40.6 |
2.50-4.49 | 47.1 | 55.3 | 44.5 | 74.3 | 51.6 | 41.1 | 44.3 | 34.6 | 41.7 | 51.0 | 34.8 |
4.50 and above | 47.8 | 58.7 | 45.6 | 59.5 | 66.9 | 45.7 | 39.1 | 31.7* | 53.6 | 46.4 | 38.8 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 4/23/2013
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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