2014 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
Age (years) | |||||||||||
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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: | 44.7 | 48.0 | 43.6 | 56.5 | 49.3 | 39.7 | 31.6 | 40.6 | 44.1 | 47.7 | 37.8 |
Male | 43.0 | 49.6 | 38.7 | 46.8 | 53.9 | 36.7 | 30.9 | 34.6 | 43.5 | 41.2 | 34.8 |
Female | 45.9 | 45.7 | 46.0 | 71.8 | 42.3 | 41.8 | 32.4 | 44.8 | 44.5 | 50.9 | 39.0 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 44.1 | 47.5 | 43.3 | 44.9 | 50.2 | 42.0 | 33.8 | 36.3 | 48.7 | 46.3 | 36.7 |
Male | 41.3 | 48.7 | 38.2 | 39.9* | 55.3 | 35.4 | 22.1 | 25.4 | 51.0 | 40.2 | 33.8 |
Female | 46.0 | 45.7 | 46.0 | 55.4 | 43.0 | 46.3 | 47.8 | 43.3 | 47.4 | 49.6 | 37.8 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 46.5 | 51.7 | 43.6 | 62.5 | 51.9 | 37.0 | 25.1 | 59.8 | 34.0 | 49.9 | 37.6 |
Male | 47.6 | 55.8 | 37.1 | 50.8 | 59.8 | 39.3 | 41.9 | 49.5* | 27.1* | 40.6 | ** |
Female | 45.7 | 44.4 | 46.1 | 78.8 | 36.3 | 35.0 | 10.5* | 71.4 | 38.9 | 52.3 | 39.5 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 47.7 | 50.2 | 46.6 | 68.6 | 48.4 | 40.2 | 49.7 | 42.2* | 30.9 | 51.4 | 43.8 |
Male | 39.4 | 47.1 | 33.5 | ** | 48.0 | 30.3* | 48.9* | ** | ** | 39.1 | 35.5* |
Female | 53.9 | 54.9 | 53.6 | 100.0 | 49.1 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 53.7* | 39.3 | 58.3 | 48.8 |
Hispanic: | 43.9 | 45.1 | 43.1 | 59.8 | 45.6 | 34.3 | 28.3 | 39.0 | 36.4 | 51.1 | 41.9 |
Male | 46.5 | 46.2 | 46.8 | 54.6 | 48.0 | 40.3 | 35.2 | 54.0 | 36.2 | 50.0 | 47.4* |
Female | 41.9 | 43.5 | 41.2 | 67.7 | 42.3 | 30.0 | 20.9* | 29.8* | 36.5 | 51.6 | 39.5 |
Puerto Rican:a | 44.7 | 42.7 | 46.3 | 52.1* | 45.6 | 38.6 | 20.8* | ** | 53.2 | 55.9 | ** |
Male | 37.4 | 31.3 | 44.9 | ** | 36.9 | 47.9 | ** | 61.1* | 62.0 | ** | ** |
Female | 49.6 | 53.8 | 47.0 | 70.0* | 52.7 | ** | ** | ** | 38.9* | 61.4 | ** |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 43.2 | 44.3 | 42.4 | 62.2 | 42.5 | 35.2 | 32.5 | 40.4 | 32.8 | 50.7 | 56.4 |
Male | 50.3 | 47.3 | 54.8 | 57.5 | 46.2 | 46.1 | 47.8 | 62.8 | ** | 61.4 | 54.9* |
Female | 38.1 | 40.2 | 37.1 | 72.3 | 37.9 | 29.5 | 20.1* | 31.3* | 37.8* | 45.3 | 57.4* |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 44.4 | 49.1 | 42.7 | 77.0 | 47.5 | 35.5 | 25.6 | 47.1 | 31.9 | 51.5 | 31.0 |
Midwest | 45.6 | 50.3 | 44.1 | 57.6 | 52.4 | 39.8 | 34.7 | 36.4 | 44.3 | 51.2 | 29.6 |
South | 45.8 | 47.6 | 45.2 | 46.9 | 48.4 | 43.4 | 36.7 | 36.0 | 52.2 | 47.2 | 43.6 |
West | 42.1 | 45.1 | 41.1 | 53.1 | 49.4 | 36.2 | 24.4 | 49.1 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 43.4 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0.0-0.99 | 52.2 | 48.0 | 54.4 | 70.1 | 47.5 | 46.4 | 26.3 | 56.4 | 56.7 | 58.1 | 51.8 |
1.00-2.49 | 42.6 | 46.3 | 41.2 | 52.3 | 44.3 | 34.8 | 34.6 | 30.6 | 37.6 | 51.3 | 36.6 |
2.50-4.49 | 44.9 | 47.9 | 43.9 | 43.0 | 54.2 | 41.3 | 29.2 | 37.6 | 48.4 | 45.7 | 39.9 |
4.50 and above | 40.4 | 50.9 | 37.8 | 52.8* | 53.5 | 37.0 | 37.5 | 36.5* | 37.0 | 40.6 | 30.2 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 01/21/2016
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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