2017 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 2-2
Standard Errors† for Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents by Age,
United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2017
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: 0.25 0.46 0.28 0.67 0.62 0.55 1.07 1.12 0.69 0.36 0.43
Male 0.35 0.67 0.41 1.21 0.90 0.79 1.63 1.71 1.02 0.47 0.58
Female 0.33 0.62 0.36 0.58 0.87 0.68 1.37 1.57 0.89 0.54 0.60
White Non-Hispanic: 0.27 0.55 0.31 0.86 0.79 0.69 1.34 1.56 0.81 0.43 0.49
Male 0.36 0.87 0.42 1.59 1.14 0.94 1.99 2.19 1.16 0.53 0.66
Female 0.39 0.74 0.45 0.46 1.11 0.99 1.80 2.39 1.22 0.67 0.67
Black Non-Hispanic: 0.72 1.60 0.76 2.00 2.30 1.52 3.10 3.57 1.67 1.04 1.40
Male 1.16 2.28 1.23 3.10 3.33 2.48 5.07 5.95 2.57 1.65 1.32
Female 0.95 2.11 1.04 2.53 3.02 1.88 3.37 4.15 2.28 1.47 2.11
Other Non-Hispanic: 0.71 1.31 0.81 2.01 1.99 1.31 2.82 2.73 1.75 1.23 2.16
Male 1.11 2.09 1.17 3.62 3.06 1.84 3.48 3.32 2.72 1.62 3.47
Female 1.04 1.76 1.19 0.60 2.42 1.89 4.47 4.00 2.19 1.79 2.71
Hispanic: 0.65 0.91 0.82 1.32 1.22 1.21 2.64 2.08 1.77 1.12 1.32
Male 0.98 1.30 1.29 2.16 1.81 1.94 3.70 3.52 2.92 1.41 2.19
Female 0.76 1.22 0.91 1.44 1.69 1.27 2.88 2.28 1.80 1.50 1.68
Puerto Rican:a 2.26 4.05 2.49 5.15 5.74 3.27 6.25 3.27 5.57 3.94 3.67
Male 3.84 5.93 4.40 6.83 9.88 6.00 9.79 8.01 10.46 7.35 6.13
Female 2.27 4.87 2.65 7.41 6.61 3.54 5.44 0.00 6.42 4.93 4.46
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 0.74 0.89 1.04 1.02 1.27 1.62 3.70 2.57 2.20 1.44 1.51
Male 1.13 1.34 1.61 1.86 1.91 2.55 5.18 4.35 3.45 1.64 1.37
Female 0.93 1.22 1.24 0.31 1.78 1.58 3.91 3.05 2.09 2.11 2.49
Region:
Northeast 0.59 1.46 0.61 1.96 1.74 1.35 2.24 3.74 1.41 0.79 0.89
Midwest 0.47 0.77 0.52 1.34 1.19 0.93 2.36 2.03 1.09 0.78 0.87
South 0.36 0.67 0.39 1.00 0.94 0.86 1.72 1.65 0.96 0.57 0.70
West 0.62 0.97 0.72 1.46 1.32 1.25 2.45 2.21 1.94 0.77 1.02
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:b
0-0.99 0.75 1.34 0.80 2.06 1.73 1.28 2.58 2.14 1.81 1.20 1.47
1.00-2.49 0.46 0.80 0.55 1.17 1.13 0.94 2.18 1.89 1.17 0.79 0.81
2.50-4.49 0.43 0.90 0.49 1.04 1.26 0.96 1.99 2.16 1.20 0.72 0.75
4.50 and above 0.41 0.73 0.47 1.05 1.10 1.07 1.88 3.25 1.24 0.54 0.81

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 03/18/2019
†See the Methods section of the documentation found at https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.
aAs a subset of Hispanic.
bMissing responses imputed.

Asthma and Community Health Branch
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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