2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data

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Table 1-1
Lifetime Asthma Population Estimates — in thousands
by Age, United States: National Health Interview Survey, 2007
				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:	34,008	9,605	24,402	1,636	5,637	11,186	3,473	2,953	4,759	12,037	3,511
Male	15,933	5,550	10,383	1,004	3,329	5,566	1,980	1,516	2,069	4,824	1,210
Female	18,075	4,055	14,020	632	2,308	5,620	1,493	1,437	2,690	7,213	2,301

White Non-Hispanic:	22,605	4,739	17,866	602	2,733	7,439	2,163	1,969	3,307	8,975	2,857
Male	10,377	2,630	7,747	341	1,612	3,611	1,203	1,055	1,353	3,822	991
Female	12,228	2,109	10,120	261	1,121	3,828	960	913	1,954	5,152	1,866

Black Non-Hispanic:	4,916	2,234	2,683	507	1,263	1,457	610	344	503	1,376	314
Male	2,180	1,251	929	327	678	660	326	140*	195*	427	87
Female	2,737	983	1,754	180	585	796	285	204	308	948	227

Other Non-Hispanic:	1,862	696	1,166	124*	435	715	261	172*	282	494	94
Male	1,017	447	570	77*	280	407	182*	**	182*	199	54*
Female	845	248	596	47*	154	308	79*	128*	101	295	41*

Hispanic:	4,624	1,937	2,687	403	1,207	1,576	439	470	667	1,193	246
Male	2,358	1,221	1,137	258	760	887	270	277	340	375	79
Female	2,266	715	1,550	144	447	689	169	192	327	818	167

Puerto Rican:^a	893	247	646	94	124	324	51*	141*	132	298	53
Male	396	148	248	57	73	161*	**	89*	**	79*	**
Female	497	99	398	36*	50	163	24*	52*	87*	220	27*

Mexican/Mexican-American:^a	2,598	1,267	1,331	251	787	925	293	276	356	581	55*
Male	1,302	748	555	156	457	545	181	169*	195	135	**
Female	1,295	520	776	94*	330	379	112*	107*	161	446	47*

Region:
Northeast	6,376	1,916	4,460	344	1,026	2,006	671	602	733	2,455	545
Midwest	8,347	2,206	6,141	285	1,409	3,078	984	826	1,267	2,654	921
South	11,527	3,396	8,131	712	2,026	3,680	1,031	924	1,726	3,894	1,214
West	7,758	2,088	5,670	296	1,176	2,422	787	601	1,033	3,033	832

Ratio of Family Income to
Poverty Threshold:^b
0-.99	5,781	2,114	3,667	536	1,174	1,999	719	719	561	1,566	506
1.00-2.49	10,268	3,252	7,016	611	2,072	3,432	1,006	941	1,485	2,879	1,275
2.50-4.49	8,390	2,227	6,163	302	1,268	2,763	858	595	1,310	2,957	1,100
4.50 and above	9,569	2,012	7,557	187	1,123	2,993	890	698	1,404	4,635	631

Notes:

Source: National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, Compiled 9/19/2008

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%.

^† Numbers within selected characteristics may not sum to total due to rounding.

^a As a subset of Hispanic.

^b Missing responses imputed.

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