2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

Table 2-1
Lifetime Asthma Prevalence Percents
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2002
	Total	Age <18	Age 18+	0 – 4	5 – 14	15 – 19	15 – 17	18 – 19	20 – 34	35 – 64	65 +
				Age
	All ages	Children	Adults			15 – 19

Total:	11.1	12.2	10.7	7.3	13.7	15.5	15.2	16.1	12.1	10.4	8.0
Male	10.6	13.9	9.3	8.5	15.9	16.3	16.3	16.3	11.3	8.5	6.4
Female	11.6	10.4	11.9	6.2	11.4	14.7	14.0	15.8	12.8	12.1	9.2

White Non-Hispanic:	11.1	11.6	11.0	5.4	13.3	16.6	15.6	18.0	13.0	10.6	8.1
Male	10.5	13.0	9.8	6.3	14.9	17.4	16.5	18.8	12.9	8.7	6.6
Female	11.7	10.2	12.1	4.5	11.6	15.7	14.7	17.2	13.1	12.5	9.2

Black Non-Hispanic:	13.8	17.5	12.1	15.2	18.6	17.1	17.3	16.8	13.1	11.9	8.7
Male	13.3	20.5	9.5	16.6	23.2	18.0	17.6	18.7*	9.7	9.2	6.2
Female	14.3	14.4	14.3	13.8	13.8	16.3	17.0	15.1*	16.0	14.1	10.3

Other races Non-Hispanic:	10.4	11.3	10.0	8.5*	12.6	9.5	11.8*	**	12.4	9.5	5.2*
Male	10.8	14.3	9.3	11.6*	15.1	11.3*	17.2*	**	10.6	9.5	**
Female	10.0	7.9	10.8	**	9.8	7.7*	**	**	14.3	9.4	**

Hispanic:	8.3	10.1	7.3	7.3	11.2	11.5	12.3	10.5	7.2	6.9	7.4
Male	8.1	11.9	6.0	8.4	13.3	11.6	13.7	8.1*	6.3	5.7	4.8*
Female	8.5	8.3	8.5	6.1	9.0	11.4	10.7	12.4	8.2	8.1	9.4

Puerto Rican:ª	20.2	22.6	19.0	13.2*	25.3	32.8	31.3	35.6*	18.9	17.3	19.9
Male	19.5	24.3	16.5	13.2*	28.3	34.2	32.9*	36.6*	16.5*	15.9	**
Female	21.0	20.4	21.3	13.2*	21.2*	31.2	29.5*	34.5*	21.2	18.8	26.5*

Mexican/Mexican-American:ª	6.4	7.6	5.7	5.4	8.6	9.3	8.8	10.1	5.0	5.8	4.8
Male	6.1	8.7	4.6	6.4	9.3	8.8	11.4	**	5.0	4.5	**
Female	6.7	6.5	6.8	4.4*	7.8	9.8	6.0	15.2	5.1	7.1	7.4


Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:
0 – .99	14.5	15.0	14.3	12.5	16.6	15.6	13.8	17.5	13.9	16.2	8.5
1.00 – 2.49	11.9	12.1	11.8	8.7	13.0	15.9	15.3	16.9	12.8	11.6	9.6
2.50 – 4.49	10.6	11.4	10.4	4.4	13.5	16.5	15.1	19.1	12.4	9.8	6.0
4.50 and above	10.6	12.1	10.2	5.3	13.3	15.6	17.4	12.0*	12.1	9.9	6.9

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC compiled 7/06/2004

ªa subset of Hispanic

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%.

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