2007 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, 2007
				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:	11.5	13.1	10.9	8.0	14.0	13.7	16.9	14.1	11.9	10.2	9.7
Male	11.0	14.7	9.6	9.5	16.2	13.6	18.9	14.6	10.3	8.3	7.9
Female	11.9	11.3	12.2	6.3	11.8	13.9	14.7	13.7	13.5	11.9	11.1

White Non-Hispanic:	11.5	11.2	11.6	5.4	11.7	15.1	17.2	15.0	14.0	10.7	9.8
Male	10.8	12.1	10.4	6.0	13.4	14.6	18.6	16.1	11.6	9.3	7.9
Female	12.2	10.2	12.7	4.8	9.9	15.6	15.6	13.9	16.4	12.1	11.2

Black Non-Hispanic:	13.2	19.7	10.4	16.0	20.6	12.8	18.7	12.3	9.5	10.2	10.3
Male	12.6	21.9	8.0	20.3	22.1	12.4	20.5	11.1*	7.8*	7.1	7.4
Female	13.7	17.5	12.3	11.6	19.2	13.3	17.1	13.3	11.0	12.7	12.2

Other Non-Hispanic:	10.7	15.1	9.1	8.4	17.3	13.3	23.2	13.8*	9.4	7.4	6.6
Male	11.9	18.7	9.2	9.9*	22.1	15.0	30.8	**	11.8	6.2	8.6*
Female	9.5	11.1	9.0	6.8*	12.3	11.5	14.8*	19.2*	6.8	8.5	5.1*

Hispanic:	10.2	12.6	9.0	8.4	14.7	10.2	12.2	12.5	8.2	8.4	10.1
Male	10.2	15.6	7.4	10.5	18.1	10.7	14.7	13.9	7.7	5.1	8.0
Female	10.3	9.5	10.7	6.1	11.1	9.5	9.5	10.9	8.9	11.8	11.5

Puerto Rican:^a	20.3	17.8	21.4	23.4	16.4	23.1	13.9*	37.5	20.0	19.5	16.8
Male	18.3	22.3	16.6	30.2	21.5	21.2	**	42.0*	13.4*	10.6*	19.6*
Female	22.1	13.7	26.1	17.3*	12.2	25.3	15.5*	31.7*	26.8	27.7	14.9*

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	9.0	12.0	7.3	7.3	14.1	8.7	12.0	10.5	6.5	7.2	4.5*
Male	8.7	14.0	5.7	9.2	15.9	9.6	14.7	12.2	6.4	3.1	**
Female	9.4	9.9	9.0	5.4*	12.1	7.7	9.2	8.6*	6.6	12.0	6.4*

Region:
Northeast	12.6	15.6	11.7	10.5	15.5	15.7	20.1	17.3	12.2	11.7	8.1
Midwest	11.7	12.7	11.4	6.2	14.4	15.4	19.7	16.6	12.7	9.5	10.5
South	10.6	12.5	9.9	9.1	13.5	12.4	14.0	12.1	11.7	9.0	9.3
West	11.8	12.5	11.5	6.1	13.4	12.7	16.0	12.4	11.2	11.7	11.0

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-.99	14.4	15.7	13.7	11.4	17.4	13.8	17.0	14.3	10.7	14.7	14.1
1.00-2.49	12.0	13.1	11.5	8.4	15.1	13.6	16.8	13.8	11.9	11.1	9.4
2.50-4.49	10.4	11.7	10.0	6.6	11.8	12.7	15.2	12.0	11.7	9.0	10.6
4.50 and above	10.6	12.3	10.2	4.7	12.7	15.0	18.7	17.1	12.6	9.5	7.3

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Compiled 9/19/2008

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%.

^a As a subset of Hispanic.

^b Missing responses imputed.

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