2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 3-2
Standard Errors^† for Current Asthma Population Estimates: rounded
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2012
				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:	595,000	253,400	495,100	93,400	202,400	315,200	171,700	187,700	190,600	345,400	158,500
Male	376,600	187,300	302,100	74,800	154,200	190,200	111,100	109,100	130,100	201,900	95,200
Female	443,000	167,400	386,000	63,600	128,100	235,100	130,600	134,400	145,000	265,400	126,700

White Non-Hispanic:	497,500	194,500	435,400	50,300	163,000	265,200	130,700	154,600	168,400	305,700	147,100
Male	328,500	132,300	276,200	37,200	110,100	167,200	84,900	81,000	116,200	183,700	90,400
Female	372,200	131,200	339,000	38,600	104,400	202,800	103,500	120,600	122,600	237,500	113,300

Black Non-Hispanic:	232,400	116,200	168,500	41,100	99,700	130,100	64,700	76,200	74,700	105,900	39,300
Male	131,400	85,800	94,600	33,800	73,700	83,200	41,400	58,300	44,300	55,900	23,900
Female	161,100	77,300	126,300	26,200	60,900	88,600	49,200	45,500	51,500	82,500	30,400

Other Non-Hispanic:	141,300	78,000	111,900	46,400	45,500	91,100	65,600	45,000	41,800	66,900	37,800
Male	94,600	52,600	74,100	25,600	34,200	63,700	43,400	27,900	37,100	38,900	25,300
Female	99,700	58,300	75,100	38,700	31,900	60,800	43,400	34,500	23,000	49,800	27,300

Hispanic:	210,300	117,400	151,900	48,800	91,200	110,300	70,800	46,200	66,400	99,700	46,800
Male	137,200	97,800	85,100	45,400	71,500	70,400	50,700	27,300	46,600	53,600	21,100
Female	141,000	59,900	122,500	21,100	49,800	80,400	47,200	35,700	47,100	82,200	40,900

Puerto Rican:^a	103,200	38,700	83,400	17,500	25,600	57,800	45,200	22,500	38,400	57,300	27,900
Male	60,400	31,500	52,400	17,100	24,100	39,100	30,300	8,300	23,400	31,400	13,600
Female	75,200	18,600	64,900	3,700	11,800	42,900	30,300	19,500	27,500	48,500	21,600

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	139,400	90,800	99,900	33,700	73,800	78,600	50,200	23,600	43,500	70,400	15,800
Male	93,200	77,400	52,200	31,200	58,400	51,500	36,700	16,700	29,000	31,900	7,500
Female	91,900	43,800	80,500	12,600	38,700	53,400	33,900	16,200	33,000	59,700	12,900

Region:
Northeast	260,900	117,200	239,600	41,500	96,900	147,700	85,800	90,300	103,600	168,600	70,000
Midwest	310,000	108,100	267,400	41,400	86,600	178,600	76,100	119,800	74,600	185,600	78,100
South	315,700	159,100	232,100	52,400	129,100	154,500	104,000	77,500	99,900	173,700	99,700
West	297,000	116,300	246,500	50,400	86,200	148,300	73,500	82,000	100,200	161,400	65,200

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	291,400	140,000	235,300	67,100	106,000	173,600	90,600	95,000	83,400	162,900	57,000
1.00-2.49	302,600	123,400	250,300	47,600	107,100	180,400	84,700	121,300	105,600	161,000	100,600
2.50-4.49	244,600	116,900	220,800	43,600	89,800	156,600	87,700	86,600	99,800	155,400	93,900
4.50 and above	283,600	95,100	250,900	28,300	76,800	134,600	88,700	70,500	95,400	199,500	80,600

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 3/5/2014

^† See the Methods section of the documentation found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.

^a As a subset of Hispanic.

^b Missing responses imputed.

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