2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 1-1
Table Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousands
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2012
				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:	39,982	10,322	29,660	1,406	6,534	12,583	3,827	3,360	5,396	15,108	4,352
Male	18,256	5,988	12,268	836	3,794	6,049	1,968	1,607	2,474	5,927	1,651
Female	21,726	4,333	17,392	570	2,740	6,534	1,860	1,753	2,922	9,181	2,701

White Non-Hispanic:	25,340	4,881	20,459	489	3,133	7,510	1,975	2,066	3,469	10,908	3,300
Male	11,112	2,723	8,388	264	1,763	3,431	964	958	1,509	4,371	1,283
Female	14,229	2,158	12,071	225	1,370	4,079	1,011	1,108	1,960	6,537	2,017

Black Non-Hispanic:	6,163	2,178	3,985	350	1,411	1,985	697	523	765	2,028	389
Male	2,758	1,252	1,506	211	803	911	330	227	354	696	137
Female	3,405	925	2,479	138	608	1,075	367	296	411	1,332	252

Other Non-Hispanic:	2,642	919	1,723	170*	509	1,040	406	301	333	670	253
Male	1,383	536	847	83*	310	598	228	177	193	271	121
Female	1,260	384	876	87*	200	442	179	124*	140	399	132

Hispanic:	5,837	2,344	3,493	397	1,480	2,048	749	470	829	1,502	410
Male	3,004	1,477	1,527	277	918	1,110	446	245	419	589	110
Female	2,833	867	1,966	120	562	938	303	225	410	914	299

Puerto Rican:^a	1,250	341	909	53*	202	457	217	66*	173	423	115
Male	562	222	340	48*	130	206	117*	**	65*	146	32*
Female	689	119	569	**	73	251	99*	43*	108*	277	83

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	2,930	1,392	1,539	224	918	1,012	365	254	393	669	107
Male	1,616	922	694	161	580	581	241	149*	191	245	48*
Female	1,314	470	845	64	337	431	124	105	202	423	59

Region:
Northeast	7,469	1,782	5,686	265	1,112	2,539	807	673	1,059	2,832	721
Midwest	9,202	2,122	7,080	330	1,269	2,987	811	912	1,264	3,555	1,061
South	14,229	4,158	10,071	505	2,805	3,947	1,342	957	1,647	5,413	1,559
West	9,082	2,260	6,822	305	1,348	3,110	867	818	1,425	3,309	1,010

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	8,504	2,997	5,507	602	1,872	2,855	955	926	974	2,652	523
1.00-2.49	11,064	3,141	7,923	392	2,015	3,832	1,105	1,219	1,508	3,370	1,454
2.50-4.49	10,267	2,349	7,918	261	1,520	3,243	971	728	1,544	3,944	1,300
4.50 and above	10,147	1,835	8,313	151	1,126	2,653	796	487	1,370	5,141	1,075

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 3/5/2014

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%.

^† Numbers within selected characteristics may not sum to total due to rounding.

^a As a subset of Hispanic.

^b Missing responses imputed.

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