2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

Previous Table | Next Table

Table 3-1
Current 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:	22,648	6,109	16,540	826	4,080	6,110	1,761	1,585	2,764	8,914	2,719
Male	9,430	3,489	5,940	519	2,326	2,631	932	619	1,080	3,058	895
Female	13,218	2,619	10,599	306	1,754	3,479	829	966	1,684	5,856	1,823

White Non-Hispanic:	14,383	2,920	11,463	341	1,946	3,652	911	919	1,822	6,449	1,995
Male	5,675	1,606	4,069	234	1,071	1,429	432	324	673	2,303	639
Female	8,708	1,314	7,394	107*	876	2,223	478	595	1,150	4,146	1,356

Black Non-Hispanic:	3,712	1,344	2,368	248	866	1,021	360	297	364	1,217	359
Male	1,668	787	881	161	471	519	259	151*	109	391	126
Female	2,044	557	1,487	87	396	502	102	145	255	825	233

Other Non-Hispanic:	1,397	538	859	73*	337	426	166	120*	140	415	145
Male	660	354	307	45*	222	224	88*	74*	62*	136	33*
Female	737	184	553	28*	115	202	78*	46*	78	279	112

Hispanic:	3,157	1,307	1,850	163	931	1,010	324	249	437	833	220
Male	1,427	743	684	80	563	459	153	69*	236	227	98
Female	1,730	564	1,166	83*	367	552	171	180	201	605	122

Puerto Rican:^a	686	275	411	55*	169	203	**	22*	108*	187	72
Male	311	128	183	**	101	115*	**	**	101*	60*	**
Female	375	147*	228	**	69	89*	**	**	**	126	56

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	1,612	690	922	58*	545	492	166	141	186	430	86
Male	723	403	320	41*	305	229	100*	45*	84*	100*	47*
Female	889	287	602	**	240	263	65*	96*	101	330	40*

Region:
Northeast	4,508	1,071	3,436	149	671	1,053	342	238*	473	1,995	640
Midwest	5,126	1,217	3,909	158	687	1,744	524	440	780	1,998	539
South	7,838	2,537	5,301	387	1,821	1,809	534	431	844	2,829	992
West	5,176	1,283	3,893	132	901	1,504	360	476	667	2,092	548

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	5,321	1,944	3,377	392	1,296	1,480	514	440	526	1,735	419
1.00-2.49	6,260	1,871	4,390	218	1,261	1,724	549	452	723	2,043	1,014
2.50-4.49	5,208	1,282	3,926	148	901	1,400	282	435	683	1,986	773
4.50 and above	5,859	1,013	4,847	67*	622	1,506	416	258*	833	3,150	513

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.

Previous Table | Next Table