2013 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, 2013
				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:	12.0	12.7	11.8	5.9	14.3	13.8	16.2	14.1	12.4	11.6	10.3
Male	11.3	14.4	10.3	7.5	16.0	13.8	18.2	13.1	11.8	9.4	8.4
Female	12.7	10.8	13.3	4.2	12.6	13.7	13.9	15.0	12.9	13.8	11.8

White Non-Hispanic:	12.0	11.3	12.2	4.4	13.0	14.2	14.8	14.0	14.0	12.3	9.8
Male	10.9	12.5	10.5	6.1	14.0	13.7	17.3	12.2	12.8	10.1	7.9
Female	13.1	10.0	13.8	2.6	11.9	14.7	12.3	15.7	15.2	14.5	11.3

Black Non-Hispanic:	14.8	18.2	13.6	11.9	19.9	15.4	20.9	16.0	12.2	13.0	14.0
Male	15.1	21.7	12.4	14.7	22.4	17.7	25.9	20.3	11.0	10.2	13.3
Female	14.6	14.8	14.5	9.1	17.4	13.4	14.9	12.5	13.2	15.4	14.5

Other Non-Hispanic:	11.3	14.2	10.2	6.5	15.6	13.1	18.8	17.7	8.4	9.6	9.5
Male	11.4	16.3	9.2	7.9	18.6	13.2	17.3	17.2	8.7	8.6	6.3*
Female	11.3	11.7	11.2	4.7*	12.5	13.0	20.5	18.3	8.2	10.5	12.0

Hispanic:	10.4	11.9	9.7	5.4	13.6	11.7	15.7	11.8	9.6	8.4	12.1
Male	10.2	13.8	8.4	6.2	16.0	11.9	16.3	9.5	10.8	6.1	10.5
Female	10.7	10.0	11.0	4.7	11.1	11.5	15.0	14.1	8.3	10.7	13.3

Puerto Rican:^a	22.9	29.9	20.1	21.2	31.3	23.4	34.3	**	21.2	19.8	20.4
Male	22.8	35.2	18.3	18.8*	41.2	25.7	29.3*	**	34.0	15.1	16.5*
Female	22.9	25.3	21.9	23.1*	23.0	20.9*	38.8*	**	**	24.0	24.4

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	8.3	9.5	7.7	3.5	11.3	9.7	13.5	10.8	7.1	6.4	8.8
Male	8.5	11.2	7.0	5.4*	12.8	10.5	14.2	11.3	8.0	4.4	8.0*
Female	8.2	7.9	8.4	**	9.7	8.9	12.7	10.4	6.1	8.4	9.4

Region:
Northeast	13.0	13.7	12.8	6.9	15.4	14.7	16.3	16.6	12.9	12.9	10.9
Midwest	11.6	11.3	11.7	4.3	11.7	15.7	18.2	14.7	15.0	11.2	7.6
South	11.3	13.7	10.6	7.0	16.3	11.3	15.6	10.7	9.6	10.7	10.4
West	12.8	11.6	13.2	4.7	13.1	14.9	14.7	17.3	13.8	12.6	12.6

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-0.99	15.9	15.9	15.9	9.4	18.7	15.9	18.3	16.5	13.7	16.8	14.3
1.00-2.49	11.6	12.7	11.2	5.4	14.0	12.5	16.1	11.1	11.2	11.4	10.7
2.50-4.49	11.0	11.1	11.0	4.9	13.0	12.7	12.8	14.9	11.6	10.5	10.2
4.50 and above	11.3	11.1	11.3	3.1	11.7	15.0	17.7	15.5	13.7	11.1	8.6

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Compiled 9/30/2014

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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