2006 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

Table 4-1
Current Asthma Prevalence Percents
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:	7.8	9.3	7.3	5.8	10.9	7.8	9.5	7.7	7.0	7.3	7.0
Male	7.0	11.0	5.6	7.0	13.3	6.4	8.5	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.8
Female	8.6	7.5	8.9	4.6	8.4	9.3	10.6	9.6	8.5	9.1	7.9

White Non-Hispanic:	7.9	8.8	7.7	5.4	10.1	8.6	9.4	8.7	8.1	7.6	6.9
Male	7.0	10.2	6.1	6.2	12.6	6.8	7.9	5.7	6.7	6.0	5.9
Female	8.8	7.2	9.2	4.6	7.6	10.5	11.1	11.8	9.5	9.1	7.7

Black Non-Hispanic:	9.2	12.7	7.7	8.9	15.0	8.3	11.2	6.8	7.2	7.4	8.9
Male	8.4	14.2	5.4	10.0	17.1	7.1	9.9	5.6*	6.1	4.4	8.1
Female	10.0	11.2	9.5	7.7	12.9	9.2	12.6	7.7	8.3	9.9	9.5

Other Races Non-Hispanic:	7.1	6.9	7.2	**	8.4	6.1	6.9*	8.7*	4.5*	8.3	6.9
Male	6.9	7.9	6.6	**	9.5	6.0*	7.7*	**	**	8.1	5.4*
Female	7.3	6.0	7.7	**	7.4	6.2	**	**	7.9*	8.5	8.2*

Hispanic:	6.4	9.0	5.1	5.5	10.6	5.5	9.0	4.8	4.2	5.3	5.6
Male	5.9	11.8	2.9	8.1	13.5	4.8	9.7	3.4*	**	2.4	2.4*
Female	6.9	6.1	7.4	2.8	7.6	6.3	8.2	6.2	5.4	8.4	7.9

Puerto Rican:^†	17.2	25.7	13.1	23.9	27.3	15.7	17.7*	21.0*	11.7*	12.1	14.6*
Male	14.5	32.4	5.6*	36.5	36.2	7.5*	**	**	**	5.5*	**
Female	19.7	18.9	20.1	**	20.2	24.3	26.8*	33.8	17.2*	18.2	21.7*

Mexican/Mexican-American:^†	5.0	6.6	4.1	3.0	8.8	4.5	7.1	3.6*	3.8*	4.1	3.8*
Male	5.0	9.1	2.9*	3.9	11.9	4.4*	7.7*	**	**	2.0	**
Female	5.0	4.0	5.5	2.1*	5.4	4.6	6.3*	3.2*	4.4	6.5	**

Region:
Northeast	9.0	12.1	8.0	9.5	13.4	9.5	10.9	11.4	7.5	7.7	7.3
Midwest	8.3	9.8	7.9	5.5	11.6	8.6	10.1	8.0	8.2	8.0	6.6
South	7.3	8.6	6.8	6.4	10.2	7.2	7.6	7.6	6.8	6.6	6.8
West	7.2	7.6	7.0	2.3	9.3	6.7	10.7	4.6	5.6	7.6	7.6

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^‡
0 – 0.99	11.7	12.2	11.4	9.2	14.0	10.7	14.1	11.3	7.8	13.2	9.3
1.00 – 2.49	8.1	9.4	7.6	5.8	11.0	7.3	9.1	6.5	6.8	7.9	8.5
2.50 – 4.49	7.2	9.3	6.6	3.8	11.2	7.0	8.9	5.8	6.6	7.2	5.3
4.50 and above	6.1	6.3	6.0	3.9	7.4	7.3	6.7	8.0	7.3	5.6	5.4

Notes:

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

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%.

^† As a subset of Hispanic.

^‡ Missing responses imputed.

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