2017 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data
Age (years) | |||||||||||
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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: | 752,400 | 298,600 | 599,400 | 118,900 | 238,700 | 374,300 | 171,400 | 165,900 | 260,800 | 424,800 | 177,400 |
Male | 429,200 | 219,400 | 326,200 | 112,500 | 167,200 | 257,800 | 124,100 | 113,200 | 177,300 | 204,000 | 96,200 |
Female | 539,500 | 198,200 | 462,700 | 43,900 | 165,400 | 245,700 | 121,500 | 122,400 | 170,500 | 349,600 | 147,400 |
White Non-Hispanic: | 529,900 | 179,100 | 451,800 | 76,600 | 138,600 | 264,700 | 127,400 | 135,000 | 166,500 | 319,900 | 157,000 |
Male | 284,200 | 136,400 | 239,400 | 73,300 | 98,800 | 172,500 | 82,800 | 89,500 | 104,900 | 169,700 | 84,600 |
Female | 395,000 | 121,400 | 357,900 | 19,300 | 99,000 | 194,300 | 98,000 | 101,700 | 127,500 | 253,800 | 129,700 |
Black Non-Hispanic: | 276,900 | 145,300 | 214,800 | 48,600 | 124,700 | 133,400 | 58,200 | 75,700 | 82,900 | 155,900 | 51,600 |
Male | 158,600 | 97,400 | 110,300 | 40,200 | 82,000 | 99,700 | 46,800 | 58,300 | 46,800 | 73,300 | 16,500 |
Female | 202,400 | 100,200 | 171,000 | 27,900 | 91,200 | 93,300 | 35,100 | 49,200 | 71,900 | 126,700 | 49,600 |
Other Non-Hispanic: | 177,200 | 86,000 | 147,400 | 32,100 | 69,800 | 71,500 | 51,300 | 30,300 | 41,300 | 113,000 | 58,400 |
Male | 100,800 | 65,200 | 74,100 | 31,600 | 54,600 | 38,700 | 28,400 | 19,400 | 17,900 | 53,600 | 34,300 |
Female | 137,200 | 59,700 | 115,500 | 5,300 | 46,000 | 61,500 | 43,600 | 23,300 | 37,200 | 92,900 | 42,400 |
Hispanic: | 330,000 | 145,000 | 248,000 | 62,500 | 108,400 | 171,900 | 75,200 | 47,300 | 143,500 | 155,500 | 42,000 |
Male | 223,400 | 107,600 | 162,600 | 58,200 | 79,800 | 135,600 | 67,000 | 26,700 | 117,900 | 83,100 | 30,700 |
Female | 207,000 | 92,400 | 170,200 | 24,900 | 74,400 | 100,100 | 33,500 | 33,100 | 80,700 | 131,800 | 29,100 |
Puerto Rican:a | 147,300 | 64,400 | 99,900 | 25,300 | 37,300 | 58,600 | 18,600 | 10,600 | 51,000 | 69,700 | 23,300 |
Male | 78,500 | 24,000 | 65,100 | 14,400 | 11,800 | 43,100 | 16,800 | 10,600 | 38,600 | 47,500 | 19,500 |
Female | 90,400 | 51,900 | 60,600 | 20,700 | 36,500 | 34,500 | 8,500 | 0 | 33,400 | 48,500 | 12,700 |
Mexican/Mexican-American:a | 208,300 | 97,000 | 163,000 | 34,000 | 76,500 | 116,600 | 66,000 | 31,600 | 82,200 | 115,600 | 23,500 |
Male | 129,500 | 76,800 | 93,400 | 33,900 | 59,400 | 91,100 | 62,100 | 23,900 | 63,700 | 41,900 | 4,300 |
Female | 150,200 | 54,400 | 131,600 | 4,800 | 48,100 | 67,700 | 23,600 | 20,600 | 48,300 | 107,500 | 23,100 |
Region: | |||||||||||
Northeast | 352,200 | 175,100 | 264,100 | 60,900 | 124,200 | 154,400 | 89,600 | 87,400 | 102,500 | 197,100 | 79,000 |
Midwest | 282,200 | 115,300 | 221,000 | 44,500 | 98,900 | 142,900 | 100,300 | 54,500 | 90,400 | 186,900 | 75,300 |
South | 428,300 | 161,300 | 346,400 | 62,700 | 133,700 | 209,300 | 90,400 | 98,200 | 145,900 | 269,900 | 113,900 |
West | 423,200 | 138,400 | 347,400 | 67,200 | 117,900 | 228,100 | 56,000 | 85,200 | 167,400 | 184,100 | 81,000 |
Ratio of Family Income to | |||||||||||
Poverty Threshold:b | |||||||||||
0-0.99 | 317,500 | 172,700 | 228,200 | 80,300 | 129,900 | 148,600 | 91,500 | 77,700 | 75,300 | 157,300 | 64,600 |
1.00-2.49 | 319,900 | 158,700 | 248,100 | 53,900 | 128,300 | 165,200 | 98,600 | 81,800 | 103,400 | 183,400 | 101,500 |
2.50-4.49 | 308,600 | 135,800 | 267,100 | 45,500 | 109,800 | 182,000 | 84,600 | 80,000 | 136,500 | 190,200 | 82,300 |
4.50 and above | 360,400 | 116,200 | 324,700 | 45,500 | 94,400 | 197,300 | 81,800 | 86,200 | 157,300 | 239,000 | 98,300 |
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 sub set of Hispanic.
bMissing responses imputed.
Asthma and Community Health Branch
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention