2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 2-1
Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2008
				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:	12.9	13.8	12.6	7.2	16.4	15.1	17.4	17.4	12.7	11.7	11.0
Male	12.2	16.4	10.8	9.8	19.0	14.8	19.3	16.5	11.5	9.1	9.9
Female	13.5	11.1	14.2	4.6	13.6	15.4	15.4	18.3	14.0	14.2	11.9

White Non-Hispanic:	12.9	13.0	12.9	6.1	14.8	16.7	19.4	18.7	14.1	12.0	10.6
Male	12.3	15.9	11.2	8.4	18.4	16.1	20.4	18.3	12.5	9.6	9.5
Female	13.6	10.0	14.5	3.7	11.1	17.2	18.3	19.2	15.7	14.3	11.4

Black Non-Hispanic:	15.8	21.1	13.5	11.1	26.4	15.7	16.5	17.9	14.0	12.9	12.4
Male	16.2	24.7	12.1	16.4	28.4	17.2	21.6	21.0	12.6	10.2	10.3
Female	15.4	17.3	14.7	5.4*	24.2	14.3	11.2	15.5	15.3	15.2	13.6

Other Non-Hispanic:	13.3	14.0	13.0	8.0*	17.4	12.8	14.3	13.9*	11.6	12.8	14.7
Male	13.6	17.8	11.6	12.7*	20.2	14.6	18.7	15.6*	11.8	9.4	14.1
Female	13.0	9.9	14.2	3.6*	14.1	11.2	9.5*	**	11.3	15.8	15.1

Hispanic:	10.1	10.9	9.6	7.2	13.0	10.8	12.7	14.0	8.4	8.4	11.6
Male	8.7	11.6	7.2	7.9	13.3	9.5	14.1	8.2	8.1	5.2	9.8*
Female	11.6	10.2	12.3	6.5*	12.6	12.2	11.4	20.9	8.8	11.8	12.9

Puerto Rican:^a	21.1	22.7	20.3	10.5*	29.4	19.3	16.4	25.4*	18.3	20.5	22.3
Male	20.9	26.5	17.5	9.1*	37.2	19.7*	17.6*	28.7*	14.8*	14.3*	25.0*
Female	21.2	18.2	22.5	**	20.2*	19.1	15.7*	**	20.7	26.1	19.1*

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	8.7	9.7	8.1	7.0	11.2	9.4	11.4	14.4	6.2	6.9	8.5
Male	6.8	9.0	5.6	6.5	9.7	7.8	13.1*	7.9*	5.4*	4.1	**
Female	10.7	10.4	10.9	7.5*	12.7	11.2	9.6	21.9	7.2	9.9	11.5

Region:
Northeast	13.3	15.2	12.7	6.0	17.9	16.9	23.3	11.7	15.8	12.0	9.8
Midwest	13.5	14.0	13.3	8.7	15.9	15.8	16.9	21.4	12.4	12.7	10.8
South	12.0	14.7	11.2	8.5	17.3	13.3	15.2	15.7	11.2	10.6	10.1
West	13.2	11.4	13.8	4.9	14.3	16.0	17.0	19.8	13.6	12.3	13.9

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-.99	16.3	17.0	16.0	10.7	21.0	14.9	14.4	17.3	13.2	18.8	12.1
1.00-2.49	13.1	13.9	12.8	6.1	17.2	14.6	17.1	16.7	12.1	12.2	11.6
2.50-4.49	12.6	12.6	12.6	6.5	13.9	15.9	20.3	18.4	12.6	11.2	11.5
4.50 and above	11.4	12.6	11.2	6.2	14.4	15.1	17.1	17.3	13.3	10.1	9.3

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Compiled 8/30/2010

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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