2013 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, 2013
				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:	37,328	9,304	28,024	1,168	5,924	11,577	3,322	3,095	5,160	14,189	4,470
Male	17,116	5,409	11,706	757	3,369	5,801	1,964	1,414	2,423	5,573	1,616
Female	20,212	3,894	16,318	410	2,554	5,777	1,359	1,682	2,737	8,616	2,855

White Non-Hispanic:	23,469	4,389	19,080	442	2,838	6,839	1,706	1,746	3,388	9,999	3,350
Male	10,416	2,478	7,938	315	1,557	3,308	1,009	758	1,541	4,022	1,215
Female	13,052	1,911	11,141	128	1,281	3,532	697	988	1,847	5,977	2,136

Black Non-Hispanic:	5,547	1,833	3,714	323	1,157	1,698	564	505	630	1,857	511
Male	2,618	1,089	1,529	198	649	926	384	284	258	654	192
Female	2,928	744	2,184	125	508	772	180	220	372	1,204	319

Other Non-Hispanic:	2,743	961	1,782	123	584	961	341	301	320	862	213
Male	1,341	591	750	83	356	474	171	159*	145	366	61*
Female	1,402	370	1,033	40*	228	487	170	142	175	496	151

Hispanic:	5,570	2,121	3,449	280	1,345	2,079	712	544	823	1,471	396
Male	2,741	1,252	1,489	162	808	1,093	400	213	480	532	147
Female	2,829	870	1,960	118*	537	986	312	331	343	939	249

Puerto Rican:^a	1,075	397	678	80*	221	351	126*	**	152*	318	104
Male	524	216	308	32*	134	201	51*	**	135*	114	43*
Female	551	181	370	48*	88	150*	**	**	**	204	61

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	2,877	1,170	1,707	124	778	1,146	413	334	399	683	146
Male	1,465	683	781	94*	442	635	231	170	234	239	55*
Female	1,412	486	926	**	336	511	182	164	165	444	91

Region:
Northeast	6,895	1,586	5,308	223	944	1,993	575	580	839	2,838	896
Midwest	8,180	1,879	6,302	186	1,108	3,158	936	742	1,480	2,981	748
South	13,066	3,820	9,246	541	2,583	3,421	1,072	882	1,468	4,825	1,696
West	9,187	2,019	7,168	218	1,288	3,005	740	892	1,373	3,545	1,131

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	7,753	2,642	5,111	493	1,742	2,620	824	903	892	2,292	607
1.00-2.49	10,295	2,932	7,363	317	1,841	3,283	1,110	837	1,336	3,280	1,574
2.50-4.49	9,208	2,010	7,199	232	1,346	2,873	611	828	1,435	3,500	1,257
4.50 and above	10,072	1,720	8,351	125	995	2,802	777	527	1,498	5,117	1,032

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 9/30/2014

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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