2019 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousands by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2019

Table 6-2
Standard Errors† for Asthma Attack Prevalence Percents among those with Current Asthma by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2019

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: 1.12 2.60 1.20 7.99 3.10 2.12 3.34 4.60 2.94 1.72 2.13
   Male 1.72 3.27 1.95 9.54 4.03 3.40 4.64 7.78 5.02 2.76 3.49
   Female 1.36 3.92 1.44 12.97 4.63 2.71 5.62 5.87 3.55 2.08 2.52
White Non-Hispanic: 1.33 3.61 1.44 12.22 4.40 2.81 4.96 6.49 3.86 2.06 2.45
   Male 2.23 4.92 2.38 17.82 6.01 4.27 6.10 10.94 6.01 3.27 4.28
   Female 1.58 5.47 1.71 16.69 6.64 3.59 8.26 7.79 4.77 2.39 2.86
Black Non-Hispanic: 3.15 5.95 3.38 16.63 7.39 5.60 7.54 12.03 6.95 4.30 7.02
   Male 4.52 6.97 5.58 17.32 8.81 8.30 9.41 18.32 12.80 6.96 11.69
   Female 3.95 9.15 4.35 24.96 11.38 7.42 14.62 15.98 8.62 5.40 7.84
Other Non-Hispanic: 4.20 7.52 4.63 23.37 8.40 7.52 6.95 14.60 11.31 6.26 9.42
    Male 6.03 9.93 7.10 26.30 10.73 10.93 24.45 22.33 12.98 10.12 16.04
    Female 5.47 11.47 5.92 35.30 13.72 10.46 4.48 18.62 12.38 7.48 10.92
Hispanic: 2.84 4.91 3.33 13.99 5.74 5.03 8.58 8.27 7.22 4.80 5.14
    Male 3.76 6.03 5.05 16.21 7.14 7.84 11.16 15.99 12.13 7.74 6.38
    Female 3.67 6.99 4.03 24.13 8.33 6.04 12.40 8.98 8.27 6.09 7.05
Mexican/Mexican-American:a 3.95 6.34 4.83 24.05 7.69 6.46 9.52 10.64 10.77 7.26 7.50
    Male 4.93 7.75 6.77 30.70 9.40 9.71 13.05 20.34 15.20 11.47 9.30
    Female 5.54 9.60 6.27 0.00 11.85 8.00 0.00 9.64 12.56 9.95 10.12
Other Hispanic:a 3.93 7.32 4.49 16.30 8.57 8.31 17.59 13.39 11.38 6.24 7.07
    Male 5.84 8.92 7.33 19.11 10.52 12.23 22.57 24.75 15.41 10.50 8.75
    Female 4.71 10.41 5.42 26.32 11.16 9.74 22.81 15.61 14.26 7.17 9.77
Region:
    Northeast 2.27 5.26 2.42 15.79 6.83 4.50 7.40 10.34 6.92 4.11 4.18
    Midwest 2.25 5.89 2.38 15.64 6.28 4.75 9.60 10.18 6.49 3.36 3.81
    South 2.00 4.32 2.09 11.14 5.12 3.46 5.15 7.14 4.40 2.99 3.98
    West 2.36 5.47 2.65 18.86 6.73 4.46 6.26 9.47 6.45 3.43 4.47
Ratio of Family Income to Poverty Threshold:b
    0-0.99 2.85 5.47 3.24 15.19 6.30 5.63 9.47 9.21 8.07 3.80 7.21
    1.00-2.49 2.16 4.25 2.40 11.84 5.05 4.21 5.87 10.31 5.46 3.46 3.55
    2.50-4.49 2.17 4.90 2.45 15.06 5.80 4.25 8.76 9.10 5.66 3.60 3.76
    4.50 and above 1.97 5.21 2.14 15.95 6.55 4.42 7.10 10.14 5.89 2.87 4.27

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Compiled 12/2/2019

See the Methods section of the documentation found at https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.
a As a subset of Hispanic.
b Missing responses imputed.

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

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