2006 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 3-2
Standard Errors* for Current Asthma Population Estimates
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2006
	Total	Age <18	Age 18+	0 – 4	5 – 14	15 – 34	15 – 19	20 – 24	25 – 34	35 – 64	65 +
				Age (years)
	All ages	Children	Adults			15 – 34

Total:	694,300	309,500	554,500	110,000	260,900	327,900	178,300	157,500	196,100	366,200	156,500
Male	410,900	226,900	307,700	90,200	192,000	204,800	107,000	91,700	134,400	220,600	118,100
Female	484,800	177,600	415,500	66,200	147,600	238,400	134,600	125,900	133,400	285,500	122,900

White Non-Hispanic:	584,000	240,700	500,000	87,200	208,900	283,500	143,100	143,700	166,900	324,500	141,100
Male	351,500	187,100	278,400	72,800	159,900	162,400	79,100	72,600	106,600	202,900	112,000
Female	414,800	134,700	371,000	56,100	113,400	215,000	122,200	119,000	113,100	246,600	111,700

Black Non-Hispanic:	198,900	114,600	139,800	50,200	99,600	103,100	58,200	37,800	60,300	102,100	40,000
Male	112,200	80,700	72,000	37,700	70,900	62,000	37,300	21,300	40,600	60,900	24,400
Female	143,400	76,300	111,400	31,500	62,200	75,900	45,500	31,100	47,100	75,200	34,000

Other Races Non-Hispanic:	123,700	50,300	105,900	19,100	38,100	65,700	29,400	41,600	40,100	83,100	25,800
Male	87,200	40,600	76,900	13,700	27,900	47,300	22,900	40,100	10,300	58,000	17,400
Female	77,800	29,300	71,000	10,100	26,100	44,100	18,500	11,300	38,700	59,800	21,300

Hispanic:	229,600	126,600	147,200	42,500	100,000	120,500	64,000	43,200	86,600	85,200	31,500
Male	156,900	99,200	92,700	36,300	79,700	98,700	50,200	28,600	76,700	36,900	11,300
Female	126,000	57,700	99,700	17,400	45,300	60,500	33,100	29,400	36,000	78,400	29,400

Puerto Rican:	103,200	70,800	54,200	28,600	53,100	40,500	21,200	21,300	24,200	31,100	20,300
Male	59,500	51,000	25,400	28,100	37,700	18,900	10,000	6,400	14,800	18,700	3,400
Female	58,400	29,700	42,400	5,100	20,600	32,400	18,700	20,400	17,000	23,900	20,000

Mexican/Mexican-American:	169,500	84,200	115,700	19,900	75,500	98,600	44,900	36,000	80,700	56,300	20,900
Male	133,500	69,900	85,800	14,900	64,300	86,200	33,000	27,600	74,600	24,800	9,400
Female	80,200	40,000	65,700	13,300	35,800	39,100	21,500	18,600	26,500	53,400	18,600

Region:
Northeast	333,700	155,200	279,300	69,800	122,100	148,400	66,800	83,100	73,500	178,200	68,700
Midwest	391,600	186,900	275,100	53,300	155,100	191,600	100,800	79,100	119,100	204,500	58,000
South	400,300	147,900	334,100	61,900	137,500	185,900	93,600	95,200	122,600	208,200	102,300
West	240,000	122,000	203,900	23,800	100,800	119,200	91,600	50,800	61,700	128,500	77,100

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:
0 – 0.99	298,400	165,900	212,800	80,700	123,500	162,400	104,600	81,700	73,000	145,600	70,800
1.00 – 2.49	322,500	165,900	258,600	56,000	139,300	159,900	83,700	94,500	108,000	174,900	115,000
2.50 – 4.49	350,600	169,700	287,900	52,000	134,100	158,700	87,000	68,800	113,200	214,900	84,900
4.50 and above	302,500	126,300	270,600	41,000	106,200	151,500	75,300	86,100	110,600	200,700	75,500

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC compiled 3/18/2008

* See the “Methods” Section of the documentation found at http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NHIS/default.htm for information regarding standard errors.

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