2013 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: | 49.9 | 57.9 | 47.0 | 66.5 | 59.7 | 44.1 | 41.3 | 40.7 | 47.9 | 52.0 | 36.5 |
Male | 46.8 | 57.2 | 40.7 | 62.9 | 60.8 | 38.1 | 37.3 | 30.5 | 43.3 | 44.2 | 35.6 |
Female | 52.2 | 58.9 | 50.5 | 72.7 | 58.2 | 48.7 | 45.9 | 47.2 | 50.9 | 56.1 | 37.0 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 50.4 | 61.2 | 47.7 | 63.1 | 65.2 | 45.0 | 47.1 | 37.0 | 48.1 | 52.5 | 36.9 |
Male | 46.5 | 60.5 | 41.1 | 61.6 | 66.4 | 37.6 | 41.1 | 23.1* | 42.4 | 44.5 | 35.4 |
Female | 52.9 | 62.2 | 51.3 | 66.2 | 63.8 | 49.8 | 52.6 | 44.5 | 51.4 | 57.0 | 37.7 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 49.5 | 53.6 | 47.1 | 65.4 | 53.9 | 44.7 | 38.6 | 50.4 | 46.1 | 50.5 | 38.0 |
Male | 50.7 | 54.1 | 47.8 | 71.7 | 53.9 | 39.6 | 34.1 | 56.7 | 28.8* | 54.4 | 46.7 |
Female | 48.4 | 53.0 | 46.7 | 53.9 | 53.8 | 50.1 | 50.0 | 43.9* | 53.6 | 48.6 | 33.2 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 52.3 | 54.8 | 50.7 | 69.0 | 50.5 | 45.8 | 45.1 | 37.0* | 54.4 | 62.5 | 37.8 |
Male | 45.6 | 53.5 | 36.5 | 57.0* | 50.6 | 40.5 | 59.5 | ** | 52.4* | 46.5 | ** |
Female | 58.3 | 57.3 | 58.6 | 88.0 | 50.3 | 51.7 | 28.8* | 83.5 | 55.9 | 70.4 | 40.9 |
Hispanic: | 47.4 | 56.3 | 41.0 | 74.4 | 57.2 | 39.5 | 26.2 | 44.6 | 46.5 | 45.2 | 29.7 |
Male | 43.8 | 55.1 | 31.6 | 52.3 | 60.1 | 36.9 | 18.9* | 31.6* | 50.1 | 22.6 | 25.2* |
Female | 50.3 | 57.9 | 46.6 | 95.7 | 52.6 | 41.8 | 32.7* | 49.6 | 42.4 | 53.8 | 33.2* |
Puerto Rican:a | 49.2 | 59.9 | 42.1 | 83.4 | 60.9 | 35.9* | ** | 63.5* | 39.6* | 50.8 | 29.2* |
Male | 40.2 | 58.9 | 27.1* | ** | 58.1 | 36.2* | 76.1 | ** | 34.9* | ** | ** |
Female | 56.7 | 60.8 | 54.1 | 100.0 | 65.0 | 35.5* | ** | 84.6 | 100.0 | 65.9 | ** |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 40.9 | 53.0 | 31.9 | 54.4 | 54.7 | 29.3 | 21.7* | ** | 45.4 | 41.4 | ** |
Male | 41.6 | 53.1 | 27.0 | 44.4* | 58.1 | 37.1 | 18.3* | ** | 74.0 | ** | ** |
Female | 40.4 | 52.8 | 34.5 | 78.6 | 50.4 | 22.5* | ** | ** | 21.4* | 48.0 | ** |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 52.3 | 62.2 | 49.2 | 73.6 | 65.4 | 43.1 | 40.0 | 45.5* | 44.1 | 55.7 | 38.4 |
Midwest | 43.3 | 47.8 | 41.8 | 66.6 | 48.1 | 38.9 | 41.6 | 25.6 | 44.6 | 48.6 | 24.1 |
South | 52.7 | 62.5 | 48.1 | 65.7 | 63.4 | 47.1 | 45.2 | 40.6 | 51.7 | 51.5 | 41.8 |
West | 50.3 | 55.0 | 48.8 | 61.1 | 56.9 | 47.3 | 36.6 | 52.3 | 49.6 | 52.4 | 37.1 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0.0-0.99 | 56.0 | 59.4 | 54.0 | 65.2 | 59.4 | 45.4 | 35.6 | 50.4 | 50.9 | 61.3 | 51.9 |
1.00-2.49 | 50.1 | 55.2 | 48.0 | 62.7 | 57.1 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 31.9 | 48.7 | 57.1 | 36.2 |
2.50-4.49 | 47.6 | 55.4 | 45.1 | 75.7 | 56.2 | 46.0 | 39.6 | 38.8 | 53.3 | 49.1 | 31.4 |
4.50 and above | 46.4 | 63.4 | 42.8 | 66.7 | 70.8 | 41.8 | 43.0 | 42.8* | 40.9 | 45.5 | 32.7 |
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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