2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
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: | 0.18 | 0.34 | 0.20 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.37 | 0.83 | 0.73 | 0.47 | 0.29 | 0.35 |
Male | 0.25 | 0.49 | 0.28 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 1.11 | 1.03 | 0.57 | 0.38 | 0.52 |
Female | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 1.21 | 1.06 | 0.74 | 0.44 | 0.53 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 0.24 | 0.50 | 0.28 | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 1.15 | 0.99 | 0.58 | 0.41 | 0.42 |
Male | 0.34 | 0.69 | 0.37 | 1.16 | 1.02 | 0.65 | 1.64 | 1.25 | 0.74 | 0.51 | 0.62 |
Female | 0.34 | 0.62 | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.72 | 1.49 | 1.59 | 0.96 | 0.60 | 0.63 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 0.53 | 0.92 | 0.58 | 1.40 | 1.41 | 1.03 | 2.46 | 2.27 | 1.15 | 0.78 | 0.98 |
Male | 0.73 | 1.41 | 0.82 | 2.34 | 2.06 | 1.74 | 3.53 | 4.37 | 1.45 | 0.82 | 0.92 |
Female | 0.77 | 1.25 | 0.86 | 2.19 | 1.93 | 1.18 | 2.96 | 2.10 | 1.61 | 1.32 | 1.46 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 0.56 | 1.20 | 0.62 | 1.81 | 1.64 | 1.22 | 2.57 | 1.34 | 1.96 | 0.70 | 1.61 |
Male | 0.81 | 1.95 | 0.90 | 2.38 | 2.58 | 1.64 | 3.16 | 1.98 | 2.87 | 0.96 | 2.78 |
Female | 0.74 | 1.17 | 0.86 | 2.45 | 1.67 | 1.61 | 4.00 | 1.57 | 2.32 | 1.02 | 1.89 |
Hispanic: | 0.32 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.65 | 1.58 | 1.11 | 0.95 | 0.48 | 0.99 |
Male | 0.43 | 0.80 | 0.48 | 1.06 | 1.20 | 0.85 | 1.83 | 1.36 | 1.30 | 0.61 | 1.36 |
Female | 0.46 | 0.71 | 0.61 | 1.23 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 2.52 | 1.70 | 1.34 | 0.79 | 1.33 |
Puerto Rican:a | 1.53 | 2.11 | 1.97 | 4.74 | 2.92 | 2.77 | 5.81 | 5.18 | 3.58 | 2.69 | 3.83 |
Male | 2.09 | 2.93 | 2.71 | 6.79 | 3.31 | 3.83 | 8.23 | 2.65 | 6.19 | 3.75 | 7.26 |
Female | 2.07 | 3.22 | 2.75 | 6.75 | 4.80 | 3.83 | 7.03 | 8.66 | 4.78 | 3.53 | 3.96 |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 0.38 | 0.67 | 0.49 | 0.87 | 0.98 | 0.81 | 1.90 | 1.44 | 1.13 | 0.59 | 1.12 |
Male | 0.55 | 1.01 | 0.61 | 1.21 | 1.57 | 1.02 | 2.00 | 1.94 | 1.55 | 0.81 | 1.33 |
Female | 0.53 | 0.85 | 0.74 | 1.26 | 1.13 | 1.19 | 3.21 | 2.01 | 1.60 | 0.97 | 1.70 |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 0.39 | 0.99 | 0.42 | 1.52 | 1.30 | 0.65 | 1.78 | 1.31 | 1.15 | 0.69 | 0.76 |
Midwest | 0.40 | 0.76 | 0.46 | 0.70 | 1.19 | 0.80 | 1.70 | 1.44 | 1.14 | 0.60 | 0.68 |
South | 0.29 | 0.58 | 0.31 | 0.95 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 1.43 | 1.35 | 0.76 | 0.47 | 0.55 |
West | 0.40 | 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 1.79 | 1.47 | 0.80 | 0.66 | 0.89 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0-0.99 | 0.49 | 0.82 | 0.58 | 1.32 | 1.18 | 0.88 | 2.21 | 1.42 | 1.05 | 0.93 | 1.27 |
1.00-2.49 | 0.36 | 0.65 | 0.41 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.68 | 1.48 | 1.40 | 0.92 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
2.50-4.49 | 0.31 | 0.66 | 0.35 | 0.93 | 0.95 | 0.68 | 1.43 | 1.38 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.61 |
4.50 and above | 0.29 | 0.67 | 0.34 | 1.07 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 1.88 | 1.93 | 0.80 | 0.44 | 0.61 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 01/21/2017
All relative standard errors are <30% unless otherwise indicated.
† See the Methods section of the documentation found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.
a As a subset of Hispanic.
b Missing responses imputed.
- Page last reviewed: February 10, 2017
- Page last updated: February 10, 2017
- Content source: