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2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 1-1
Table Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates -- in thousands
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2013
 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:37,3289,30428,0241,1685,92411,5773,3223,0955,16014,1894,470
    Male17,1165,40911,7067573,3695,8011,9641,4142,4235,5731,616
    Female20,2123,89416,3184102,5545,7771,3591,6822,7378,6162,855
            
White Non-Hispanic:23,4694,38919,0804422,8386,8391,7061,7463,3889,9993,350
    Male10,4162,4787,9383151,5573,3081,0097581,5414,0221,215
    Female13,0521,91111,1411281,2813,5326979881,8475,9772,136
            
Black Non-Hispanic:5,5471,8333,7143231,1571,6985645056301,857511
    Male2,6181,0891,529198649926384284258654192
    Female2,9287442,1841255087721802203721,204319
            
Other Non-Hispanic:2,7439611,782123584961341301320862213
    Male1,34159175083356474171159*14536661*
    Female1,4023701,03340*228487170142175496151
            
Hispanic:5,5702,1213,4492801,3452,0797125448231,471396
    Male2,7411,2521,4891628081,093400213480532147
    Female2,8298701,960118*537986312331343939249
            
    Puerto Rican:a1,07539767880*221351126***152*318104
        Male52421630832*13420151***135*11443*
        Female55118137048*88150*******20461
            
    Mexican/Mexican-American:a2,8771,1701,7071247781,146413334399683146
        Male1,46568378194*44263523117023423955*
        Female1,412486926**33651118216416544491
            
Region:           
    Northeast6,8951,5865,3082239441,9935755808392,838896
    Midwest8,1801,8796,3021861,1083,1589367421,4802,981748
    South13,0663,8209,2465412,5833,4211,0728821,4684,8251,696
    West9,1872,0197,1682181,2883,0057408921,3733,5451,131
            
Ratio of Family Income to           
Poverty Threshold:b           
    0-0.997,7532,6425,1114931,7422,6208249038922,292607
    1.00-2.4910,2952,9327,3633171,8413,2831,1108371,3363,2801,574
    2.50-4.499,2082,0107,1992321,3462,8736118281,4353,5001,257
    4.50 and above10,0721,7208,3511259952,8027775271,4985,1171,032

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 9/30/2014

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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