2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 4-1
Current 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: 7.8 9.4 7.3 6.2 10.9 8.1 10.4 9.2 6.3 7.1 7.2
    Male 7.1 11.4 5.7 8.2 13.1 7.0 10.6 7.9 4.7 5.2 6.0
    Female 8.5 7.4 8.8 4.0 8.6 9.1 10.3 10.5 7.9 8.9 8.0
White Non-Hispanic: 7.8 8.8 7.5 5.1 9.8 9.0 12.6 9.7 6.6 7.1 7.1
    Male 7.0 11.2 5.8 7.2 12.9 7.6 12.0 8.4 4.9 5.2 5.7
    Female 8.6 6.4 9.1 3.0 6.5 10.3 13.2 11.1 8.4 9.0 8.1
Black Non-Hispanic: 10.3 15.7 8.1 10.3 18.4 8.5 11.5 11.1 5.5 8.6 8.8
    Male 10.3 18.4 6.5 14.9 20.1 8.2 13.3 11.9* 3.3* 6.5 7.6
    Female 10.3 12.8 9.4 5.4* 16.4 8.8 9.5* 10.5 7.6 10.3 9.5
Other Non-Hispanic: 8.3 9.5 7.7 7.8* 11.8 7.8 6.8* 9.3* 7.5 7.8 6.1
    Male 8.0 11.4 6.5 12.3* 11.6 8.1 10.6* 8.7* 6.4* 5.4 7.0*
    Female 8.5 7.5 8.9 3.6* 11.9* 7.5* ** ** 8.5* 9.9 5.3*
Hispanic: 5.8 6.7 5.4 5.4 8.3 5.1 4.2 5.7 5.2 5.2 6.8
    Male 5.2 7.1 4.3 5.3 9.0 4.1 4.0* 3.3* 4.5* 4.0 7.1*
    Female 6.5 6.3 6.6 5.5* 7.7 6.2 4.3* 8.5* 6.2 6.4 6.6
    Puerto Rican:a 12.8 15.5 11.5 9.6* 21.3 9.5 ** ** 12.4 11.6 13.5*
        Male 13.1 20.4 8.7* 7.5* 30.5 5.2* ** ** ** 8.5* **
        Female 12.6 9.7* 13.8 ** 10.6* 12.7 ** ** 16.9* 14.5 **
    Mexican/Mexican-American:a 4.9 5.9 4.3 5.5 7.2 4.0 2.9* 6.2* 3.6 4.4 4.0*
        Male 3.8 5.3 2.9 4.7* 6.3 2.5* ** ** 1.9* 3.7 **
        Female 6.2 6.6 5.9 6.4* 8.0 5.9 3.8* 8.6* 5.8 5.2 5.7*
Region:
    Northeast 8.2 9.8 7.7 5.5 10.4 10.0 14.9 5.2* 9.7 7.4 6.5
    Midwest 8.6 10.3 8.0 6.8 11.8 8.8 11.8 11.7 5.8 8.1 7.0
    South 7.0 10.2 5.9 7.5 11.7 6.3 9.3 7.3 4.3 5.8 6.8
    West 8.0 7.2 8.4 4.2 9.0 8.7 7.4 12.1 7.7 7.8 8.6
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
    0-.99 10.8 11.5 10.4 9.0 13.5 8.6 8.1 10.5 7.5 13.0 9.5
    1.00-2.49 8.3 9.7 7.7 4.8 12.0 7.7 10.4 8.2 6.0 7.8 8.0
    2.50-4.49 7.5 8.5 7.2 5.8 9.0 8.6 12.7 9.2 6.4 6.9 6.7
    4.50 and above 6.4 8.4 5.9 5.5 9.5 7.6 10.1 9.1* 5.8 5.6 5.6

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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