2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 3-2
Standard Errors† for Current Asthma Population Estimates: rounded
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: 684,400 323,500 546,900 133,600 269,100 348,600 192,800 202,300 215,900 383,900 171,700
    Male 433,100 264,600 341,800 117,000 207,600 241,600 153,800 137,300 141,100 220,900 108,700
    Female 454,900 184,000 396,600 71,700 154,400 236,600 130,500 145,500 148,100 284,300 132,900
White Non-Hispanic: 532,000 240,300 453,700 100,700 190,000 289,500 176,800 156,400 167,600 329,600 152,600
    Male 354,100 206,700 303,500 89,600 161,800 200,300 138,500 110,000 102,900 195,700 97,700
    Female 358,600 122,100 330,600 44,300 93,800 196,600 115,700 111,700 123,900 242,700 122,500
Black Non-Hispanic: 226,900 139,800 152,400 52,900 111,900 112,700 56,900 67,800 53,400 123,200 42,900
    Male 161,600 107,300 96,200 50,700 84,400 82,400 43,100 55,700 28,700 67,400 25,000
    Female 157,200 89,900 126,000 27,800 77,400 76,500 40,800 38,700 46,400 101,600 36,600
Other Non-Hispanic: 178,300 103,600 129,100 46,300 87,900 98,500 41,800 67,600 61,500 80,900 31,100
    Male 116,500 80,700 72,100 43,400 59,800 61,500 39,000 32,100 34,400 45,100 23,700
    Female 134,400 66,000 108,700 15,400 64,200 75,400 14,800 59,500 43,800 70,900 20,200
Hispanic: 185,300 110,300 142,000 61,600 89,400 107,600 36,900 53,700 81,300 76,600 45,400
    Male 130,100 72,300 105,900 36,500 60,200 85,400 22,700 32,100 74,200 55,800 36,200
    Female 133,700 81,400 101,100 49,000 60,300 71,800 28,100 45,600 43,800 58,000 26,800
    Puerto Rican:a 85,400 54,100 58,500 19,500 50,400 28,200 9,300 17,800 22,600 41,800 19,900
        Male 64,400 48,500 39,400 8,300 47,300 15,100 4,300 10,000 10,500 29,900 18,900
        Female 50,900 24,100 39,200 13,900 18,500 25,600 8,300 14,800 20,000 26,100 6,200
    Mexican/Mexican-American:a 122,000 84,900 88,700 55,500 61,700 69,600 27,700 47,900 43,800 50,700 20,800
        Male 74,500 48,300 56,400 29,700 31,200 45,000 14,800 30,500 25,500 39,400 7,400
        Female 109,500 72,100 79,700 46,800 52,300 60,500 23,400 39,900 38,300 40,200 19,400
Region:
    Northeast 246,800 140,600 194,500 44,400 115,600 143,000 91,500 53,500 109,800 143,300 55,500
    Midwest 379,100 184,400 306,000 85,000 142,200 204,900 102,700 131,800 93,400 205,000 87,300
    South 371,000 182,500 279,300 78,400 157,600 149,300 107,000 88,900 95,600 209,600 102,200
    West 356,400 133,500 299,600 50,000 118,100 191,400 79,600 113,200 129,200 203,400 91,800
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
    0-.99 272,400 147,800 208,200 84,700 119,100 134,100 62,100 89,500 75,300 140,900 51,600
    1.00-2.49 386,600 200,500 283,700 60,400 161,300 207,600 147,900 92,600 102,300 187,800 123,400
    2.50-4.49 351,500 138,600 306,600 70,500 111,200 201,500 120,400 102,600 129,200 211,000 122,100
    4.50 and above 338,100 146,000 296,400 60,800 115,900 191,900 100,600 118,900 118,400 209,700 100,000

Notes:

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.

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