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2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 4-1
Current Asthma Prevalence Percents
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:7.38.37.04.29.97.38.67.26.67.36.3
    Male6.29.35.25.111.16.38.75.85.35.24.7
    Female8.37.38.63.28.68.38.58.68.09.47.6
            
White Non-Hispanic:7.47.57.33.48.97.67.97.47.67.95.8
    Male5.98.15.44.69.65.97.45.25.65.84.2
    Female8.76.99.22.2*8.29.28.59.59.510.17.2
            
Black Non-Hispanic:9.913.48.69.214.99.313.49.47.18.59.8
    Male9.615.77.212.016.39.917.410.84.76.18.7
    Female10.211.19.96.413.58.78.48.29.110.610.6
            
Other Non-Hispanic:5.87.94.93.99.05.89.17.1*3.74.66.5
    Male5.69.83.84.3*11.66.38.9*8.0*3.7*3.23.4*
    Female5.95.86.03.4*6.35.49.4*5.9*3.65.98.9
            
Hispanic:5.97.45.23.29.45.77.15.45.14.86.7
    Male5.38.23.83.111.25.06.33.1*5.32.66.9
    Female6.56.56.53.3*7.66.58.27.64.96.96.6
            
    Puerto Rican:a14.620.712.214.5*24.013.519.7*5.4*15.0*11.614.1
        Male13.620.910.9**31.114.7*****25.4*7.9***
        Female15.620.613.516.9*17.912.3*33.1*8.3***14.922.7
            
    Mexican/Mexican-American:a4.75.64.11.6*7.94.25.44.63.34.05.2
        Male4.26.62.92.4*8.93.86.2*3.0*2.9*1.8*6.7*
        Female5.24.75.5**6.94.64.6*6.1*3.76.34.1*
            
Region:           
    Northeast8.59.38.34.611.07.89.76.8*7.39.17.8
    Midwest7.37.37.33.77.28.710.28.77.97.55.5
    South6.89.16.15.011.56.07.85.25.56.36.1
    West7.27.47.22.99.27.57.29.26.77.56.1
            
Ratio of Family Income to           
Poverty Threshold:b           
    0-0.9910.911.710.57.513.99.011.48.08.112.89.9
    1.00-2.497.08.16.73.79.66.58.06.06.17.16.9
    2.50-4.496.27.16.03.28.76.25.97.85.55.96.3
    4.50 and above6.66.56.61.7*7.38.19.57.67.76.84.3

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%.

a As a subset of Hispanic.

b Missing responses imputed.

 

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