2008 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: | 930,900 | 392,000 | 780,900 | 136,700 | 337,500 | 481,700 | 260,400 | 276,300 | 286,500 | 501,600 | 217,000 |
Male | 600,500 | 301,000 | 514,000 | 119,300 | 248,400 | 369,200 | 221,300 | 219,800 | 200,100 | 294,800 | 148,700 |
Female | 574,000 | 219,600 | 509,800 | 74,700 | 194,500 | 301,800 | 152,900 | 194,100 | 181,600 | 363,500 | 168,400 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 728,900 | 283,500 | 651,100 | 102,200 | 236,800 | 407,800 | 225,100 | 228,800 | 236,800 | 415,000 | 191,700 |
Male | 496,400 | 227,600 | 451,900 | 90,200 | 186,100 | 312,000 | 192,000 | 183,200 | 159,000 | 258,100 | 136,100 |
Female | 441,200 | 152,400 | 409,100 | 48,100 | 127,000 | 242,000 | 131,500 | 150,100 | 164,500 | 298,400 | 149,400 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 297,300 | 170,000 | 214,000 | 54,300 | 145,200 | 155,100 | 75,800 | 84,400 | 88,900 | 151,700 | 49,800 |
Male | 198,100 | 126,100 | 134,100 | 52,200 | 106,200 | 120,300 | 63,000 | 72,700 | 65,100 | 87,700 | 31,100 |
Female | 197,300 | 109,300 | 159,000 | 27,800 | 98,500 | 87,900 | 41,500 | 50,100 | 57,100 | 120,400 | 43,100 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 220,100 | 119,900 | 159,800 | 46,400 | 102,700 | 120,200 | 53,600 | 77,400 | 77,700 | 107,000 | 55,500 |
Male | 147,100 | 97,900 | 99,200 | 43,500 | 79,200 | 85,900 | 45,900 | 48,100 | 54,000 | 60,700 | 35,800 |
Female | 152,300 | 70,000 | 124,800 | 15,400 | 65,400 | 79,700 | 27,800 | 60,600 | 43,500 | 86,900 | 39,900 |
Hispanic: | 260,300 | 129,100 | 201,000 | 67,300 | 102,900 | 170,700 | 83,100 | 99,800 | 91,300 | 110,000 | 60,600 |
Male | 163,600 | 88,800 | 133,600 | 44,700 | 70,600 | 123,800 | 62,800 | 48,100 | 84,700 | 61,800 | 39,500 |
Female | 189,300 | 86,400 | 156,900 | 49,500 | 64,400 | 119,300 | 49,300 | 90,200 | 49,800 | 97,000 | 36,500 |
Puerto Rican:a | 111,500 | 64,300 | 78,500 | 19,700 | 56,600 | 46,800 | 21,300 | 31,300 | 27,800 | 59,500 | 22,400 |
Male | 73,900 | 53,200 | 53,700 | 8,800 | 49,500 | 36,000 | 12,900 | 27,300 | 17,000 | 35,400 | 21,300 |
Female | 72,400 | 33,300 | 56,800 | 13,900 | 28,000 | 30,000 | 16,800 | 15,300 | 21,900 | 47,400 | 9,100 |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 193,600 | 94,200 | 149,100 | 58,700 | 67,200 | 145,600 | 72,300 | 92,100 | 58,700 | 76,200 | 29,400 |
Male | 115,800 | 59,400 | 96,500 | 34,600 | 39,500 | 95,400 | 58,600 | 38,200 | 50,300 | 40,900 | 12,800 |
Female | 152,200 | 75,900 | 125,700 | 47,600 | 51,600 | 105,600 | 40,700 | 85,000 | 40,100 | 67,900 | 26,700 |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 300,800 | 167,500 | 267,500 | 42,300 | 140,400 | 183,600 | 115,400 | 68,900 | 137,800 | 191,400 | 72,200 |
Midwest | 471,200 | 207,500 | 400,500 | 88,600 | 165,200 | 231,300 | 121,100 | 154,700 | 129,400 | 231,600 | 114,000 |
South | 551,200 | 232,600 | 447,600 | 81,500 | 209,500 | 237,100 | 133,000 | 131,900 | 141,200 | 308,900 | 128,100 |
West | 499,100 | 168,000 | 418,500 | 49,000 | 151,400 | 297,100 | 146,200 | 174,100 | 162,600 | 254,300 | 111,900 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0-.99 | 360,200 | 186,000 | 265,800 | 89,500 | 156,300 | 192,100 | 81,400 | 135,900 | 90,900 | 171,900 | 61,700 |
1.00-2.49 | 501,600 | 252,900 | 379,500 | 69,200 | 209,800 | 269,900 | 173,200 | 141,300 | 140,700 | 229,300 | 138,900 |
2.50-4.49 | 461,900 | 170,800 | 410,000 | 71,300 | 139,200 | 296,900 | 174,700 | 149,100 | 171,000 | 255,700 | 154,500 |
4.50 and above | 465,700 | 162,000 | 431,000 | 64,600 | 133,500 | 274,700 | 145,300 | 147,500 | 169,900 | 309,900 | 130,100 |
Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Compiled 8/30/2010
† 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.