2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

Table 4-1
Current 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:	7.2	8.3	6.8	6.0	9.2	9.6	9.4	9.9	6.9	6.8	5.9
Male	6.2	9.5	5.0	6.9	11.0	8.3	8.4	7.9	5.3	4.8	4.6
Female	8.1	7.2	8.4	5.0	7.3	10.9	10.3	11.6	8.4	8.8	6.9

White Non-Hispanic:	7.3	8.0	7.1	4.4	9.1	10.2	9.8	10.8	7.5	7.0	6.0
Male	6.2	9.1	5.3	5.4	10.9	8.7	8.6	8.8	6.3	4.8	4.9
Female	8.3	6.9	8.7	3.5	7.2	11.6	11.0	12.5	8.6	9.1	6.8

Black Non-Hispanic:	9.6	12.5	8.2	13.2	12.7	11.4	11.1	11.9*	7.8	8.6	6.0
Male	8.4	14.4	5.2	13.4	16.3	10.2	9.7	**	4.4	5.7	2.6*
Female	10.6	10.6	10.6	12.9	9.0	12.5	12.5	12.4*	10.7	10.9	8.3

Other races Non-Hispanic:	6.2	7.1	5.9	6.0*	7.3	6.2*	8.4*	**	6.5	6.0	4.6*
Male	5.8	8.1	4.9	7.0*	8.1	**	**	**	3.8*	5.8	**
Female	6.7	6.0	7.0	**	6.3*	6.6*	**	**	9.3	6.1	**

Hispanic:	4.9	6.3	4.1	5.4	6.9	6.3	6.1	6.7	3.6	4.2	4.5
Male	4.6	7.2	3.0	6.9	7.7	5.2	5.9	**	2.7	3.4	**
Female	5.3	5.4	5.2	3.9	6.1	7.4	6.2	8.9	4.5	4.9	6.4

Puerto Rican:ª	13.6	17.2	11.7	11.0*	17.6	23.5	27.3	**	11.7	11.2	12.5*
Male	13.8	18.9	10.7	13.2*	20.3	21.9	25.4*	**	**	12.4*	**
Female	13.4	15.0	12.7	7.9*	14.1*	25.2*	29.5*	**	14.0	9.9	17.8*

Mexican/Mexican-American:ª	3.7	4.4	3.3	3.9	5.0	4.8	2.9*	7.4	2.6	3.4	3.6
Male	3.1	4.8	2.0	5.2	4.9	3.1*	3.5*	**	2.1	2.0	**
Female	4.4	4.0	4.7	**	5.2	6.5	2.3*	12.3	3.2	4.9	5.8*


Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:
0 – .99	10.3	11.4	9.7	11.2	11.6	10.7	11.1	10.4	8.8	11.4	7.0
1.00 – 2.49	7.8	8.1	7.7	6.4	8.6	9.0	9.5	8.3*	7.5	8.1	7.0
2.50 – 4.49	6.6	7.2	6.4	3.3	8.8	9.5	7.8	12.8	6.3	6.5	4.1
4.50 and above	6.6	7.8	6.3	4.1	8.9	9.1	9.7	7.9*	6.9	6.2	4.9

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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