2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 2-1
Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2005

							Age
				All ages	Children	Adults			15 - 34
				Total	Age <18	Age 18+	0 - 4	5 - 14	15 - 34	15 - 19	20 - 24	25 - 34	35 - 64	65 +
Total:				11.2	12.7	10.7	8.6	13.7	12.6	17.0	12.6	10.4	10.2	9.9
Male				10.3	14.6	8.7	10.6	16.1	11.4	16.4	10.8	9.1	7.8	8.0
Female				12.1	10.6	12.6	6.5	11.2	13.9	17.6	14.3	11.7	12.5	11.3
White Non-Hispanic:				11.3	11.5	11.2	6.2	12.3	13.6	17.5	12.9	11.9	10.7	9.8
Male				10.3	13.3	9.4	7.9	15.0	12.5	16.2	11.4	11.1	8.6	8.0
Female				12.2	9.6	12.9	4.4	9.5	14.8	18.9	14.4	12.8	12.8	11.2
Black Non-Hispanic:				13.5	17.3	11.8	15.6	18.4	13.2	18.9	15.1	8.6	11.3	12.1
Male				13.1	20.8	9.2	20.9	20.7	13.0	22.3	12.0	7.5	8.1	7.6
Female				13.9	13.7	13.9	9.9	16.0	13.4	15.8	18.1	9.4	13.9	15.0
Other Races Non-Hispanic:				10.7	13.7	9.5	10.8	14.4	13.8	19.3	18.1	8.9	6.8	8.2
Male				9.6	15.1	7.5	14.0*	14.8	11.8	22.5*	12.5*	5.5*	4.4*	9.4*
Female				11.7	12.4	11.5	7.8*	14.1	16.0	15.2*	23.8*	12.7	9.2	7.4*
Hispanic:				9.2	12.4	7.6	9.4	14.1	8.5	12.4	7.7	7.1	7.0	8.7
Male				8.3	13.8	5.4	9.7	16.6	7.0	10.6	7.2	5.3	4.2	8.7
Female				10.1	10.8	9.8	9.2	11.4	10.2	14.6	8.2	9.3	9.9	8.7
Puerto Rican:†				22.3	27.4	19.8	21.0	32.0	22.7	24.5	19.8*	23.2	20.0	12.9
Male				22.9	32.9	17.1	24.6	38.5	22.3	29.3*	**	21.5*	15.7	13.8*
Female				21.8	21.7	21.8	17.4	25.2	23.1	18.5*	23.6*	24.7	23.5	12.5*
Mexican/Mexican-American:†				7.7	10.6	6.0	8.1	12.1	6.9	9.8	6.9	5.6	5.4	7.7
Male				6.9	11.0	4.6	7.7	13.6	5.7	8.0	7.1	4.0	3.2	8.6*
Female				8.5	10.3	7.5	8.6	10.6	8.2	11.8	6.7*	7.4	7.7	7.1
Region:
Northeast				11.8	13.5	11.2	9.0	14.0	14.6	20.7	16.9	10.0	10.9	8.6
Midwest				11.1	12.0	10.8	8.8	11.5	13.7	19.7	11.7	11.5	9.7	10.4
South				10.9	13.0	10.1	9.5	14.7	11.8	14.4	12.8	10.0	9.4	9.9
West				11.5	12.2	11.3	6.5	14.3	11.5	15.3	10.0	10.0	11.7	10.7
Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:‡
0 - 0.99				13.6	14.3	13.2	12.0	14.6	13.1	19.3	14.0	7.4	15.0	11.1
1.00 - 2.49				11.8	12.8	11.3	9.6	13.9	12.5	16.0	12.0	10.8	11.2	10.4
2.50 - 4.49				10.8	12.8	10.2	7.9	13.6	12.8	16.3	12.7	11.1	9.4	9.4
4.50 and above				10.0	11.1	9.8	4.8	12.9	12.3	17.1	11.6	10.6	9.2	9.0

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC   compiled 5/22/2007

* See the "Methods" section of the documents found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/nhis/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.

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